Jaxport's board of directors elects new officers
The Jaxport board of directors selected new officers during its regular monthly meeting, unanimously electing Jacksonville business executive and civic leader John D. Baker II as chairman. Baker is executive chairman and CEO of FRP Holdings, a successor to the real estate company Patriot Transportation Holding, where he served as president and CEO from 2008-2010 and executive chairman from 2010-2015.
Baker and the following officers will serve until 30 September 2020: Jamie Shelton, president of bestbet Jacksonville as vice chairman, Wendy Hamilton, president, Eventide Investments of Florida as treasurer and J. Palmer Clarkson, founder, president and CEO of Bridgestone Hose Power, as secretary.
Other members of the Jaxport board of directors include immediate past board chairman John Falconetti, chairman and CEO of Jacksonville-based print services provider Drummond, Ed Fleming, retired CEO/president, Atlantic Marine Holding Co and Dr John Newman, senior pastor, The Sanctuary at Mt. Calvary. (mw)