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Ron Barton
Executive Director, Jacksonville Economic Development Commission
www.jaxdevelopment.org
Ron Barton joined the City of Jacksonville in 2005 as the Executive Director of the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission (JEDC). Primary initiatives include business recruitment, administration of local and state incentives, administering programs for the Enterprise and Empowerment Zones, serving as the Community Redevelopment Agency and implementing four redevelopment [...]

Bob Simpson, A.A.E.
Senior Director, Cecil Field
Jacksonville Aviation Authority
Bob Simpson serves as a Senior Director at the Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA). In this position he is primarily responsible for the operation, maintenance, long range planning, and capital development of one of Jacksonville’s four airports, Cecil Field.
Prior to being appointed to his current position, [...]

Wright Hollingsworth
Salute to a Special Local Veteran
On November 26th, Jacksonville resident C. Wright Hollingsworth will be awarded the BRONZE STAR medal with the combat “V” for courageous and heroic action in leading his platoon of Marines against the enemy in a fierce battle on the afternoon of the 25th of September 1950…yes, 58 years ago!
Why [...]

Ret.Adm. Bryon Fuller and Ret. Col. Carl Crumpler
Vietnam POW’s
Ret. Adm. Bryon Fuller
Rear Admiral Robert Byron Fuller, USN (RET), was born November 23, 1927, in Quitman, Mississippi, and raised in Jacksonville, Florida.
Following a year of active enlisted service in the Navy at the end of World War II, he entered the U. S. Naval Academy and [...]

Capt. John “Jack” C. Scorby, Jr., U.S. Navy
Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Capt. John C. Scorby Jr., a native of Manlius, N.Y., graduated from the State University of New York at Cortland in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. He entered the Navy in November 1982 as an aviation officer candidate and [...]

Ret. Col John Fretkic
Intelligence
Colonel (Ret.) John D. Frketic retired from the U.S. Army in June, 2005 after 34 years of active service rising in rank from private to colonel. He served four years (1967-1971) as an enlisted soldier to include 19 months in Viet Nam. He was commissioned through the ROTC program at [...]

The Blue Angels
The United States Navy’s Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, popularly known as the Blue Angels, was formed in 1946 and was the world’s first officially sanctioned military aerial demonstration team.[citation needed] The squadron’s six demonstration pilots fly the Boeing FA-18 Hornet in more than 70 shows at 34 locations throughout the United States each [...]

Ed Pratt-Dannals
Superintendent, Duval County Public Schools
Ed Pratt-Dannals was appointed as Superintendent of Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) in November 2007 and is responsible for operating the nation’s 20th largest school district, with 160+ schools, 125,000+ students and 14,000+ employees.
Ed is a 32-year veteran of DCPS, beginning his career in 1976 as a math teacher and [...]

Dr. Steven R. Wallace
President, Florida Community College at Jacksonville
Steven Ray Wallace became FCCJ’s fourth College President on July 28, 1997. His résumé includes professional service in Minnesota, Ohio and California. In all, Dr. Wallace has spent 30 years working in community colleges, starting with his alma mater, Chaffey Community College in California.
Dr. Wallace has served [...]

Kerry D. Romesburg, Ph.D.
President, Jacksonville University
Dr. Romesburg is in his fifth year as president of Jacksonville University. Under his leadership, JU is experiencing record enrollments, adding new facilities, and embarking on a major gifts campaign.
Dr. Romesburg has over thirty years of chief executive officer experience in higher education. He came to Jacksonville [...]