Aaron Bowman, senior vice president of business development at JAXUSA Partnership, announced Jan. 4 that he is leaving JAX Chamber’s business development division.
“After 12 years at JAXUSA as the lead for job creation, expansions, and relocations, I have accepted a leadership role that is the core of my fabric. (I’ll follow up with another post soon),” Bowman wrote in a post on his LinkedIn page.
Bowman did not immediately return phone calls for comment.
The post said that during his 12 years at JAXUSA, more than 35,000 direct jobs and 50,000 indirect and induced jobs and more than $8 billion of capital investment were brought to Northeast Florida.
“It’s bittersweet to leave but I am comfortable that the team I brought in behind me will exceed those numbers,” Bowman wrote.
The post indicates that Bowman and his wife, Debbie, are not moving and he looks forward to continued friendships.
Bowman, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, was commanding officer at Naval Station Mayport from 2007-10.
After retiring from the Navy, he was director of business operations at the BAE Systems shipyard in Jacksonville in 2011-12.
Bowman joined JAXUSA in August 2012. He was elected to City Council representing District 3 in 2015 and served two four-year terms. He was Council president in 2018-19.
“Aaron has been a valued member of our economic development team, helping land transformational economic development deals and selling Jacksonville across the country and world,” said JAXUSA Partnership President Aundra Wallace. “I’m glad he will be staying in Jacksonville and wish him the best in his next chapter."