JAX Chamber announced its 2025 board of directors and executive committee Jan. 13.
The committee and board comprise business and community leaders who represent the organization’s 3,000 members.
The chamber is the business membership organization dedicated to driving economic growth in Northeast Florida.
Board members engage in conversations that help implement the chamber’s initiatives, according to a chamber news release. They are responsible for ensuring that the chamber is mission driven and financially responsible and takes formal policy positions on behalf of its members.
• Chair: Ari Jolly, general counsel, Florida Blue
• Immediate past chair: Mark Bennett, president, Bank of America Jacksonville; Southeast Region Executive, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Chair-elect: Misty Skipper, chief strategy officer, Gate Petroleum Company
• Treasurer: Chris Kalin, regional president, PNC Bank
• General Counsel: Wyman Duggan, shareholder, Rogers Towers
• JAXUSA Partnership Chair: Abel Harding, executive vice president; North Florida market president, First Horizon Bank
• JAXUSA Partnership Chair-elect: Paul Jones, CEO, W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractor Inc.
• Foundation Chair: Tina Meskel, president/principal engineer, Meskel & Associates Engineering PLLC
• Andy Allen, Corner Lot Development Group
• Charlotte Anderson, Paysafe
• John Avendano, Florida State College at Jacksonville
• Ken Babby, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
• Andrea Barnwell Brownlee, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
• Vickie Behan, Citi
• Jacob Benton, Champion Brands Inc.
• Robert Billock, WFO Construction Inc.
• Jen Boyett, Comcast
• Nelson Bradshaw, Farther
• Matt Brockelman, VyStar Credit Union
• Jenny Castro, Wahby Financial Group LLC
• Christina Clohecy, Newfold Digital
• Michael Corrigan, Visit Jacksonville
• Tim Cost, Jacksonville University
• Kevin Craig, AT&T
• Daniel Davis, JAX Chamber
• G. Ray Driver, Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow PLLC
• Brian Evans, Fifth Third Bank
• Carlo Fassi, TECO Peoples Gas
• Sharon Fletcher, Birdsong Hearing Benefits
• Nathaniel Ford, Jacksonville Transportation Authority
• Drew Frick, Jacksonville Jaguars LLC
• Melissa Fulmore-Hardwick, CSI Companies
• Soo Gilvarry, Lotus Commercial USA LLC
• Eric Green, Jacksonville Port Authority
• Patrick Green, UF Health at Jacksonville
• Dane Grey, Elite Parking Services of America
• Reed Hammond, HCA Florida Memorial Hospital
• Tangee Huger, Celero Commerce
• Graham Hawkins, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Stella Johnson, Hope Haven
• Cantrece Jones, Acuity Design Group Inc.
• Charlotte Joyce, Duval County Public School Board
• Scott Kashman, Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside
• Charlie Kauffman, Wells Fargo
• Andy Kaufmann, IceMen – Jacksonville
• Mari Kuraishi, Jessie Ball duPont Fund
• Will Landreth, Truist Bank
• Trevor Lee, Hoefer Welker
• Kara Leonard, Johnson & Johnson Vision
• Moez Limayem, University of North Florida
• Richard Lovelace, Stellar
• Matthew Marcin, JP Morgan Chase
• Lonnie Marts, Level The Playing Field Leadership Academy
• Nathan Marty, Auld & White Constructors LLC
• Tyler Mathews, England-Thims & Miller Inc.
• Michael Mayo, Baptist Health
• Jamaal Medley, Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
• Steve Moore, The Vestcor Companies
• Nicholas Mousa, GAI Consultants Inc.
• Joseph Nackashi, ICE Mortgage Technology
• Donna Orender, Orender Unlimited/ Generation W
• Sean Pelkey, CSX Corporation
• Susan Ponder-Stansel, Alivia Care Inc.
• John-Paul Saenz, Haskell
• Madelen Salter, Office Images
• Erik Sharpe, Brasfield & Gorrie LLC
• Linda Sherrer, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices - Florida Network Realty
• Alex Sifakis, JWB Real Estate Capital
• Lee Smith, The Players Championship
• Kerri Stewart, Miller Electric Co.
• Kent Thielen, Mayo Clinic
• Lisa Thoele Dugan, RS&H
• Summer Vyne, AnuVision Technologies Inc
• Aundra Wallace, JAXUSA Partnership
• Nathan Walter, Jacksonville Armada FC
• Randy White, Jacksonville City Council
• Danielle Whitley, Foley & Lardner LLP
• Kurtis Wilson, JEA
• Alan Worley, Money Pages
• Mike Zaffaroni, Liberty Landscape Supply