Ava Parker will be Florida Polytechnic's New Chief Operating Officer

[thelakelander]

LAKELAND | A Jacksonville lawyer who has served on the State University System Board of Governors for 10 years has been tagged to take over as interim chief operating officer of Florida Polytechnic University.

Ava L. Parker, president of Linking Solutions Inc. and a practicing lawyer at Lawrence & Parker P.A., will resign from her board position to take over the new university. She will start Dec. 1 and hold the position for a term of two years.

full article: http://www.theledger.com/article/20121119/NEWS/121119265?tc=cr

[dougskiles]

Good for her.  She was reappointed to the JTA board by the mayor (Peyton) in 2011.  Will she resign her position or continue to serve from a distance?

[Tacachale]

It's up to her. She's also been on the SUS board and has done that from a distance.

[tufsu1]

It's up to her. She's also been on the SUS board and has done that from a distance.

It is one thing to serve on a board.  It is quite another to be an employee.

[Tacachale]

^Huh? Why wouldn't she be able to serve on the JTA board from Lakeland?

[tufsu1]

^Huh? Why wouldn't she be able to serve on the JTA board from Lakeland?

oops...thought you meant she could stay in Jax and serve Polytech remotely....bad reading on my part