Tuesday, January 22, 2013
WE MEET AT RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY
Lunch begins at noon - Meeting begins at 12:30 p.m.
Meet JEA's New CEO, Paul McElroy
Paul McElroy was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective
October 1, 2012. He has served as JEA’s Chief
Financial Officer since January 1, 2006.
Prior to that, he served as JEA’s Vice President Financial
Services.
Paul holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in accounting from St. Joseph’s College in Rensselaer,
Indiana, a certificate from the Advanced Management Program of the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania and pursued graduate level studies at
the University of Bridgeport and the University of New Haven in Connecticut.
Before joining JEA in 2002, Paul
served as a Vice President and General Manager for Bombardier Capital
Corporation in Jacksonville, Florida and Colchester, Vermont. Prior to that, he served in a variety of
management positions with Pitney Bowes Credit Corporation, including
Controller, Director – Marketing and
Vice President, Internal Finance Division in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Paul serves on The Energy Authority,
Inc. (TEA) Board of Directors and has served as chair TEA’s Finance and Audit Committee.
Paul moved to Jacksonville as part of a corporate relocation
in 1998. Once his assignment was done, his family had the opportunity to
move again and made the decision to stay in Jacksonville as their junior high school
aged daughters, Caitlin and Morgan, were doing well. They had good
friends, went to a good school and church, lived in a great community so
they decided to put down roots in Jacksonville.
Caitlin is currently enrolled in the Teach for America
program teaching second graders in the south Bronx. Morgan is in her last
semester of nursing school. Paul and his wife, Linda, have been married 25
years. He enjoys golf, the beach and exercising.
Welcome New Member Bill Langley
Bill Langley serves as the Chief
Operating Officer of MedScribe Information Systems, Inc., a national medical
transcription service company. He earned
a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University
of Florida and is a native of Jacksonville, FL.
Bill and his wife, Tracy, have two daughters, Melissa (21) and Caroline (18). Melissa is a junior at Florida
State University
and Caroline is a freshman at the University
of Alabama.
Bill is a member of Southside United Methodist
Church and currently
serves as chairperson for the church preschool.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, shooting pool and spending
time with family and friends.
Board News
The following member resignations have been accepted with regret by the Board: Joy Hardaker, Maury Pilver, and John McCarthy
Board News
The following member resignations have been accepted with regret by the Board: Joy Hardaker, Maury Pilver, and John McCarthy
Great News!!
Upcoming Event
Upcoming Event
The Rotary Club of South Jacksonville is presenting a
night at the Alhambra featuring the play “Driving Miss Daisy”. Proceeds will benefit the Episcopal
Children’s Services “Generations Start” Project. March
6, 2013 at The Alhambra Dinner theater, 12000 Beach Boulevard.
Our club has committed to buying the entire show for the evening and we will have exclusive use of the venue. Reception will begin at 6:00 PM with the bar being on the main floor. Dinner service will be 6:30 PM to
7:30 PM. Show begins at 8:00 PM.
Each club member is responsible for the sale of 4
tickets at $75.00 each for a total of $300.00.
Your account will be billed automatically February 6. *Sale or
purchase of a sponsorship at any of the levels below satisfies your ticket
responsibility.
There are sponsorship opportunities at the following premium levels: (See promotional sheet at the sign-in desk
for the complete benefits of each sponsorship level.)
*SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
Title Deed Package $7,500
Limo Package $5,000
Driver’s Package $2,500
Passenger’s Package $1,000
Recap of the January15th Meeting
Greeters: Bill Langley, Ed Morales & Rick Morales
The Prayer & Pledge: Casey Martin
Family of Rotary Update: Mary Alice Phelan
Rotary Annual Theme Update: District Governor John Brunner
"Engage Rotary Change Lives"
Introduction
of Visitors & Guests: Doug Matthews
Membership Drive Update: PP Mike Darragh
Introduction of Meeting Theme & Speaker: PP Gary Wilkinson
Guest Speaker: Angela Corey
Angela Corey, State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida
