John Peyton chosen Jax Chamber chair-elect

Former Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton is poised to soon have a new public visibility, as the JAX Chamber announced Wednesday his election as chair-elect.

Peyton served as mayor of Jacksonville from 2003 to 2011; since his mayoralty, he has not been politically prominent, except for a strong endorsement of Lenny Curry in 2015.

Darnell Smith, the current chair of the Chamber, has taken a high-profile role in marshaling support for Jacksonville’s proposed expansion of its Human Rights Ordinance.

Also announced: the 2017 JAX Chamber Board of Directors, which includes a number of community luminaries, including several of the most relevant political figures in Jacksonville.

On the board: Jacksonville City Council President Lori Boyer; Curry’s Chief of Staff, Kerri Stewart; former Mayor John Delaney; Duval County School Board Chair Paula Wright.

A complete list of members and professional affiliations is below:

·       Ken Babby, Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

·       Kathy Barco Jossim, Barco-Duval Engineering

·       Rosa Beckett, Jacksonville Aviation Authority

·       Sarah Bermudez, Workscapes

·       Cynthia Bioteau, Florida State College at Jacksonville

·       John Bottaro, RS&H

·       Hon. Lori Boyer, Jacksonville City Council

·       Michael Brannigan, Suddath Relocation Systems

·       Michelle Braun, United Way of Northeast Florida

·       Lathun Brigman, Beaver Street Fisheries Inc.

·       Henry Brown, Miller Electric Company

·       Debbie Buckland, BB&T

·       Ed Burr, GreenPointe Holdings LLC

·       Mike Butler, JPMorgan Chase

·       Rose Conry, StaffTime

·       Tim Cost, Jacksonville University

·       Sandy Coston, GuideWell Source

·       Ben Davis, Intuition Ale Works

·       Daniel Davis, JAX Chamber

·       John Delaney, University of North Florida

·       Wally Devlin, Rimrock Companies

·       Ray Driver, Driver, McAfee, Peek & Hawthorne, P.L.

·       Paula Drum, Interline Brands

·       Roseann Duran, Web.com

·       Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo Clinic

·       Nathaniel Ford, Jacksonville Transportation Authority

·       Nat Glover, Edward Waters College

·       April Green, Bethel Baptist Institutional Church

·       Eric Green, JAXPORT

·       Dane Grey, Elite Parking Services of America

·       Abel Harding, IBERIABANK

·       Micah Heavener, Citi

·       RDML Mary Jackson, Navy Region Southeast

·       Barbara Johnston, Regency Centers Corporation

·       Quintin Kendall, CSX Corporation

·       Mark Lamping, Jacksonville Jaguars Ltd.

·       Thomas Lee, Lee & Cates Glass Inc.

·       Eric Mann, YMCA of Florida’s First Coast

·       Paul McElroy, JEA

·       David Miller, Brightway Insurance

·       Audrey Moran, Baptist Health

·       Dan Murphy, Fidelity National Financial Inc.

·       Donna Orender, Orender Unlimited / Generation W

·       Brian Parks, SunTrust Bank North Florida

·       John Peyton, GATE Petroleum Company

·       Jared Rice, THE PLAYERS Championship

·       Jamie Shelton, bestbet Jacksonville

·       Peter Shen, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care

·       Misty Skipper, GATE Petroleum Company

·       Leslie Slover, Deutsche Bank

·       Greg Smith, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

·       Darnell Smith, Florida Blue

·       Kelly Smith, Wells Fargo

·       Scott Snyder, Compass Consulting Group

·       Kerri Stewart, City of Jacksonville, Mayor’s Office

·       Cindy Stover, TD Bank

·       Ellen Sullivan, The BairFind Foundation

·       Tyra Tutor, Adecco Group North America

·       Tom Van Berkel, The Main Street America Group

·       Tom VanOsdol, St. Vincent’s HealthCare

·       Tim Volpe, Adams and Reese LLP

·       Denise Wallace, BCM Services

·       Nina Waters, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida

·       Terry West, VyStar Credit Union

·       Jeff Whitson, TECO Peoples Gas

·       Hon. Paula Wright, Duval County School Board