Who We Are

Mayport Waterfront Partnership

Over 25 years, we have been committed to advocating for the preservation of a thriving working waterfront and the rich heritage of an authentic village. The Board of Directors of the Partnership consists of both individual and organizational advisors, united in their mission.

Executive Board of Directors

Mitch Reeves
Chairman

Mike Redick
Vice-Chairman

* Dara Hailes
Secretary, and Member of the Education & Research Committee

Bill Guilford
Interim Treasurer, Chair of Government Relations

Board of Directors

Alyce Decker, AICP
Director, Past Chair

Matt Stewart
Director, Past Vice-Chair, & Chair of the EcoTourism Committee

Val Bostwick
Director, and Member of the Ecco-Tourism Committee. Friends of the St. Johns River Ferry, President

* Channing Brodie
Director, and Member of Eco-Tourism Committee

Heather Thompson
Director and Chair of the Cultural Heritage and History Committee.

** Claudia Estes
Director, and Member of the Cultural Heritage & History Committee

* Joe Floyd
Director, and Member of the Cultural Heritage

Chip Drysdale
Director, and Chairman of the Education & Research Committee

John Tipton
Director, and Member of the Cultural Heritage & History Committee

* Nancy Jones
Director, and Member of the Commercial Fishing Committee

* Alec Newell
Director, and Member of the Cultural Heritage & History Committee

*** John Swindell
Director, and Member of the Eco-Tourism Committee

Dan Hogan
Director, Mayport Lighthouse Association President

* Denise Banjavic
Director, and Member of the Education & Research Committee

* Mayport Village Resident
** Grew up in Mayport Village
*** Mayport Village Business Owner

Advisory Committee

Rich Redick
Past MWP Treasurer
Member of the Cultural Heritage & History Committee
A1A Ocean Islands Trail, (JAX Beach to Fernandina Beach) Chairman

Christina Campbell
Market Coordinator/Consultant
Manyhued Chameleon Events

Chris Miller
Representing Congressman John H. Rutherford, Jacksonville Office

Kiyan Michael
Florida House of Representatives District 16

Nikki Evans
Executive Council Assistant
Office of City Council At-Large Group 2, Councilman Ron Salem

Makenzi Conner
Executive Council Assistant
Office of City Council District 13, Councilman Rory Diamond

Mark McManus
Community Planning Officer/ Representing U. S. Naval Station Mayport

Greer Johnson Gillis
Senior Vice President and Chief Infrastructure & Development Officer JTA

Brittany Norris
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Representing Mayor Deegan’s Office

Brian Burket
Waterfront Project Manager
Jacksonville Parks, Recreation and Community Services

Chris Hughes
Superintendent
National Park Service, Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

Nancy Powell
Executive Director, Representing Scenic Jacksonville

Dr. Quinton White
Retried, JU's Marine Science Research Institute/OCEARCH, Education & Research Committee