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JAXPORT Board Tags Brian Taylor for CEO Slot, Elects Officers for 2013-2014

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The Jacksonville Port Authority board on June 17 voted unanimously to offer the position of JAXPORT Chief Executive Officer to Brian  W. Taylor and directed that contract negotiations open with Mr. Taylor immediately.

Mr. Taylor, a long-time Horizon Lines executive, most recently was senior vice president of sales and operations for New Breed Logistics in High Point, N.C. He holds an MBA in economics and financial management from Concordia University in Montreal.

At that same meeting, board members elected a slate of officers for 2013-2014, including Joe York, who will succeed James Citrano as port authority chairman on July 1.

Mr. York has been vice president of legislative and regulatory affairs for AT&T Telecommunications since 2005 and before that was regional director of corporate and external affairs with BellSouth Telecommunications. A former legislative assistant in the Florida House of Representatives, he currently serves on the Associated Industries of Florida Board of Directors. He joined JAXPORT's Board of Directors in 2010.

Joe York, JAXPORT’s incoming board chairman.
Photo/Jaxport
The other board officers are:
  • John Anderson, Vice-Chairman 
  • John Falconetti, Treasurer 
  • Dr. John Newman, Secretary
Board member Robert Spohrer was selected to serve as the port's liaison to the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization. Mr. Citrano will continue as a board member following his one-year tenure as chairman.

JAXPORT’s governing board consists of seven members – three appointed by Florida’s governor and four by the mayor of Jacksonville.

 

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