JTA appoints new board leadership
Debbie Buckland has been appointed to serve as the new board chair for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) Board of Directors for 2023. Buckland’s new appointment was approved at the board’s nominating committee meeting in December.
Buckland had previously served as vice chair since 2021.
“Since 2019, Debbie Buckland’s contributions to the JTA board of directors have helped the JTA provide mobility solutions to Jacksonville and the entire Northeast Florida region,” said JTA CEO Nathaniel P. Ford, Sr. “I am looking forward to having her as our newest board chair as we continue to serve the citizens of this region.”
Buckland has played an active role as past chair of several vital Jacksonville organizations, including the JAX Chamber, Downtown Vision, Inc. and the American Cancer Society, while remaining an active member with Wolfson Children’s Hospital Women’s Board, Jacksonville Women’s Network, the Truist Jacksonville Advisory Board and the Women’s Giving Alliance. In 2019, Buckland was inducted into the First Coast Business Hall of Fame and recognized with the DTJAX Downtown Achievement Award.
Last November, the Association of Fundraising Professional Florida, First Coast Chapter recognized her as its Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser at its 2022 National Philanthropy Day luncheon.
At the same meeting, the nominating committee also appointed Ray Driver, Jr. as vice chair. Driver previously served as the 2022 board secretary. Driver has been practicing law for over 20 years, and is a founding partner of Driver, McAfee, Hawthorne & Diebenow.
Governor Ron DeSantis appointed both Buckland and Driver to the JTA Board of Directors in 2019.
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