We are excited to share the 58 community leaders who are participating in the Leadership Jacksonville Flagship program.
The LJ Class of 2026 members include:
Erin Almond, Director, Counseling and Match Coaching, KIPP Foundation
David Altman, Senior Director, Premium Sales & Entertainment, Jacksonville Jaguars
Ryan Ayres, Commercial Sales Manager, SVP, Fifth Third Bank
Shylie Bannon, Attorney, Hall Booth Smith PC
LaToya Bell, Senior Manager, Florida Blue Centers, Florida Blue
Cassidy Bergstrom, Shareholder, Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.
KT Boling, Director of Operations, Jacksonville Children’s Chorus
Whit Brighton, Vice President, Trade Marketing and Customer Service, Swisher
Tazwa Brown, Regional Consultant, Argon Medical
Yanira “YaYa” Cardona, CEO, City of Jacksonville / Yaya Productions
Trey Clarke, Director, PwC Private Assurance, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Justin Contreras, Vice President, Business Banking, First Citizens Bank
Judy Covington Poole, Director, CSX
Sheila Cribb, Market Executive, Bank of America
Michael Dennis, SVP, Talent Management and Employee Relations, VyStar Credit Union
Natalie DeYoung, Partner, Vice President of PR & Communications, Wingard
Sondra Fetner, Director of Placemaking, Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Deb Fontaine, Vice President for Strategic and Institutional Effectiveness, Florida State College at Jacksonville
John Freeman, Senior Director, Business Development, JAXUSA Partnership
Stephanie Garfunkel, Vice President, Strategic Communications, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida
Clinton Hale, Director of Business Development, Marand Builders, Inc.
Katie Hathaway, Regional Organizer, Families for Strong Public Schools
Tim Horvath, Managing Partner, Bold City Commercial
Mandy Hunter, CEO, Underhill Staffing Inc.
David Jamison, Assistant Professor of History, Edward Waters University
Andrea Jones, Vice President, University of North Florida
Erin Kendrick, Director of Education, Jacksonville Arts & Music School
Jenn Kjellman, President & Founder, JSK Marketing
Carson Lange, Vice President, Senior Counsel, RS&H, Inc.
Thomas Lee, President, Lee & Cates Glass
Josh Mattson, Associate Administrator, Mayo Clinic Florida
Christy McElroy Tulloch, SVP, Capital Markets, Regency Centers
Rashon Medlock, President, Maneland Publishing
Zehra Mesic, CFO, Jax Spine & Pain Centers
Eric Miller, COO, General Counsel, Downtown Vision, Inc.
Vaseal Montgomery, Pastor and President/CEO, Vaseal V. Montgomery Foundation
Drew Murfin, Relationship Manager, PNC Bank
Niko Negron, Vice President of Business Strategy and Logistics, PRI Productions
Kelly Novak, Vice President, Digital Strategy, On Ideas
Azuree Owens, Director of Discipleship, First Baptist Church of Oakland
Jason Pratt, President, Prattify
Michael Ramirez, Chief of Staff, Duval County Public Schools
Kevin Reilly, Vice President of Operations, Danis
Nicole Renner, Development Manager, Gateway Jax
Jackie Rowland, CEO/President, Russell Rowland, Inc.
Alex Rudnick, Executive Director, Genesys Works
Kyle Schoettler, Manager, W/WW System Ops & Customer Response, JEA
Holden Scyster, Chief Operating Officer, READ USA, Inc.
Jamie Seim, Managing Director – Investment Officer, PV Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors
Hamzah Shanbari, Director of Innovation, Haskell
John Shaw, Associate Professor of Management, Jacksonville University
Monique Stewart, Fund Development Director, Jacksonville Public Education Fund
Stewart Subjinski, Partner, Jimerson Birr, PA
Mike Taylor, President, Lifestyles & Construction, GreenPointe Developers
Martha Torres, CEO, Optivo Group
Daniel Tuegel, Vice President, Talent & Organizational Effectiveness, One Call
Jo-Ellen Unger, Chief Operating Officer, Jewish Community Alliance
Barbara Wheaton, Human Resources Director, University of Florida Jacksonville Physician Inc.