The University of North Florida Board of Trustees is getting three new members, while two are returning for another term.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the appointments of Andrew Hudson, Michael Mayo and Daniel Skinner to the UNF panel. DeSantis also decided to bring back Christopher Lazzara and Allison Korman Shelton to the Board that oversees policy for the Jacksonville-based school.
Hudson is the Vice President and Special Counsel for corporate affairs for BlinkRX, a prescription drug retail company. He’s also the former Vice President and General Counsel for TechNet, counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Policy Counsel and was a Legislative Director and General Counsel for U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican.
Mayo is the President and CEO of health care giant Baptist Health. He’s also a community advocate and serves as a member of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees. He was bestowed an honorary doctorate degree in health care from Jacksonville University.
Skinner is an Assistant State Attorney and Director of Homicide for the 4th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office serving Northeast Florida. He was the former Director of the Special Prosecution Unit.
Lazzara is the co-founder and CEO of MountainStar Capital as well as a co-founder of the Georgia School of Orthodontics. He was also pegged as one of the Top 40 Under 40 business professionals in the Jacksonville area by the Jacksonville Business Journal.
Shelton is the Owner and Mental Health Counselor at San Marco Counseling in the area near downtown Jacksonville off the Southbank of the St. Johns River. She has been active in community involvement in Jacksonville and was a former member of the Bolles School Board of Trustees and is the former President of the Jewish Community Alliance.
The UNF Board of Trustees was established in 2001 and has 13 members that guide the policy for the state school. Six of those members are residents appointed by the Governor’s Office, while five are appointed by the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s public university system.
The appointments and reappointments by DeSantis still need to be approved by the Florida Senate.
