Board of Directors
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
Charlotte Anderson
SVP Securities Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Paysafe
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
Andy Kaufmann
Owner & CEO
Zawyer Sports
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
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
President
Coastal Connections Group
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
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
Kurt Wilson
Chief of Staff
JEA
Alan Worley
President & CEO
Money Pages
Mike Zaffaroni
Owner
Liberty Landscape Supply