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Mayor Appoints Six Community Leaders to Jax Journey Board

January 22, 2016
With the relaunch of Jax Journey, Mayor Lenny Curry has identified four new members – Scott Wiley, W.C. Gentry, April Green and Terrence Harvey; and reappointed two members – Tracy Tousey and Ricardo Bedoya, to serve on its board. Jax Journey, founded in 2008 by then-mayor John Peyton, supports programs and efforts that improve youth services and safer communities.

“One of my key priorities is public safety, which Jax Journey strengthens,” said Mayor Curry. “These individuals are dedicated members of our community who share my commitment to safety and will serve our city well.”
A longtime area resident, Scott Wiley is a local Realtor and member of the Northeast Florida Realtor Association. He serves on the Neptune Beach City Council. Previous positions include his role as assistant vice president of Ocean State Bank and NationsBank. Wiley has also served as business manager and finance director for Brumos Motor Cars. His community involvement includes work with Mentors Making a Difference, Neptune Beach Elementary School, and the Beaches Boys & Girls Club.
 
W.C. Gentry has served the legal community for more than 45 years. Gentry practiced with a large trial firm for 15 years before establishing his own firm, the Law Office of W.C. Gentry, P.A., in the year 2000. Gentry played a lead role coordinating a team of lawyers who successfully represented the State of Florida against the Tobacco Industry, culminating in a multibillion dollar settlement for the state in 1998. Gentry’s professional associations include The Florida Bar, Florida Justice Association and American Justice Association. His community involvement activities have included service on the Duval County School Board and the Early Learning Coalition Board.
 
April Green currently serves as chief operating officer for Baxter Technology. Green also holds the positions of chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. She previously served as corporate tourism director for the Jacksonville Convention & Visitors Bureau and senior vice president secondary marketing for Bank of America. Green’s community involvement activities include serving as a board member with the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, Hands On Jacksonville and B.E.S.T Academy. She is also a member of the 2015 Leadership Florida class.
 
Attorney Terrence Harvey is the founder and managing partner for The Harvey Firm, P.L.L.C. and serves as general counsel for Wayman Ministries. He previously served as general counsel for Bosman’s Family Care Child Centers, Inc. and Mack’s Gym, LLC. Harvey’s professional associations include The Florida Bar, Florida Bar Association and Jacksonville Bar Association. He serves as a pro bono attorney for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid and as a board member for Wayman Academy of the Arts.
 
Tracy Tousey is a philanthropic consultant for The Community Foundation in Jacksonville and the Do Something Great Today Foundation. Previously, Tousey was a program officer at the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, a statewide private foundation based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She also practiced law in the commercial litigation group at Helms, Mulliss & Wicker in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tousey currently chairs the Florida Philanthropic Network’s Education Funders Affinity Group and serves on the advocacy committee of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund, the steering committee for the Urban Education Symposium, and the leadership team for Learning to Finish.
 
Ricardo Bedoya is a partner in the commercial litigation department of the international law firm of Holland & Knight, LLP. Before joining Holland & Knight, Bedoya was employed as a health policy associate with the Massachusetts Medical Society in Waltham, Massachusetts, and later as an attorney with an international law firm in Dallas, Texas. He is currently serving on the Diocesan Board of Catholic Charities, City Year-Jacksonville Board, Jacksonville Public Education Fund Board and the Board of Assumption Catholic School.