Board of Directors

Photo by Member Mark Krancer, Kram Kran Photo

Executive Committee

Mark Bennett

Chair

Jacksonville Southeast Region Executive, Business Banking

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Daniel Davis

President & CEO

JAX Chamber

Tina Meskel

Foundation Chair

President/ Principal Engineer

Meskel & Associates Engineering PLLC

Misty Skipper

JAXUSA Partnership Chair

Vice President, Merchandising, Marketing, and External Affairs

GATE Petroleum Company

Brian Evans

Treasurer

President, Jacksonville Market

Fifth Third Bank

Wyman Duggan

General Counsel

Shareholder

Rogers Towers P.A.

Ari Jolly

Chair Elect

Attorney

Florida Blue

Ray Driver

Immediate Past Chair

Partner

Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow PLLC Partner

Board of Directors

Andy Allen

Owner

Corner Lot Development Group

Dr. John Avendano

President

Florida State College at Jacksonville

Ken Babby

CEO/Owner

Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

Andrea Barnwell Brownlee

Chief Executive Officer

Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

Vickie Behan

Site Head

Citi

Lathun Brigman

General Manager

Beaver Street Fisheries Inc.

Matt Brockelman

VP of Government Affairs

VyStar Credit Union

Jenny Castro

Vice President, Financial Sales Manager

First Citizens Bank

Christina Clohecy

CFO

Newfold Digital

Michael Corrigan

President & CEO

Visit Jacksonville

Tim Cost

President

Jacksonville University

Kevin Craig

Regional Director, Corporate External & Legislative Affairs

AT&T Florida

Sharon Fletcher

President & Chief Executive Officer

Birdsong Hearing Benefits

Nathaniel Ford

CEO

Jacksonville Transportation Authority

Drew Frick

SVP, Real Estate & Development

Jacksonville Jaguars LLC

Melissa Fulmore-Hardwick

CIO

CSI Companies

Soo Gilvarry

CEO

Lotus Commercial USA LLC

Eric Green

CEO

Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)

Patrick Green

President

UF Health at Jacksonville

Dane Grey

President

Elite Parking Services of America

Reed Hammond

President & CEO

HCA Florida Memorial Hospital

Jack Hanania

President/CEO

Hanania Automotive Group

Abel Harding

Executive Vice President, North Florida Market President

First Horizon Bank

Cantrece Jones

President

Acuity Design Group, Inc.

Paul Jones

President & CEO

W W Gay Mechanical Contractor Inc.

Chris Kalin

North Florida Regional President

PNC Bank

Charlie Kauffman

Regional Market Executive

Wells Fargo

Mari Kuraishi

President

Jessie Ball duPont Fund

Will Landreth

Market President

Truist Bank

Trevor Lee

Partner

Hoefer Welker

Phil Lee

Interim Market President, North Florida

Florida Blue

Kara Leonard

Head of Human Resources

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.

Dr. Moez Limayem

President

University of North Florida

Richard Lovelace

Senior Vice President

Stellar

Lonnie Marts

CEO

Level The Playing Field Leadership Academy

Nathan Marty

CEO & President

Auld & White Constructors LLC

Tyler Mathews

President

England-Thims & Miller, Inc.

Michael Mayo

President and CEO

Baptist Health

Jamaal Medley

Territory General Manager

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida

Steve Moore

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Vestcor Companies

Nicholas Mousa

AVP / Sr. Business Advisor

GAI Consultants Inc.

Joe Nackashi

Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Black Knight

Bob Ohrablo

President

Jacksonville Icemen

Donna Orender

CEO

Orender Unlimited/ Generation W

Brian Parks

Regional President

Ameris Bank

Sean Pelkey

CFO

CSX Corporation

Susan Ponder-Stansel

President & CEO

Alivia Care, Inc.

Ellyn Raftery

EVP/Office of the CEO and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

FIS

Jason Roth

External Affairs Manager

TECO Peoples Gas

J.P. Saenz

President, Industrial

Haskell

Claudia Saenz Amlie

Chief Peoples Officer

Pet Paradise

Hon. Ron Salem

City Council President

At-Large Group 2

Jamie Sandifer

Vice President of Business Development, North Florida

Charles Perry Partners, Inc.

Erik Sharpe

Vice President & Division Manager, Jacksonville

Brasfield & Gorrie LLC

Linda Sherrer

Chairman

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices - Florida Network Realty

Alex Sifakis

President

JWB Real Estate Capital

Gracie Simendinger

Chief Executive Officer

Leadership Jacksonville Inc.

Lee Smith

Executive Director

THE PLAYERS Championship

Lakita Spann

2024 Overall Small Business Leader of the Year

Owner

Mr. Potato Spread

Kerri Stewart

Chief Customer Officer

Miller Electric Company

Jay Stowe

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer

JEA

Dr. Kent Thielen

CEO

Mayo Clinic

Lisa Thoele Dugan

Vice President

RS&H

Summer Vyne

CEO

AnuVision Technologies, Inc

Aundra Wallace

President, JAXUSA Partnership

JAX Chamber

Thomas White

Partner

Adams and Reese LLP

Darryl Willie

Chairman, District 4

Duval County Public School

Alan Worley

President & CEO

Money Pages

Mike Zaffaroni

Owner

Liberty Landscape Supply