{"id":271913,"date":"2025-10-02T13:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/271913\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:04:12","slug":"karen-bowling-leaving-jacksonville-mayors-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/271913\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Bowling leaving Jacksonville Mayor&#8217;s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/Jacksonville.gov\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">Jacksonville\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> Chief Administrative Officer is moving on, in what is the highest-profile departure from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/618291-donna-deegan-brings-familiar-names-into-administration-leadership\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Donna Deegan<\/strong><\/a> administration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While details are sparse as to why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.gov\/mayor\/mayor-s-staff\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Karen Bowling<\/strong><\/a> is leaving, it\u2019s framed as an amicable exit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cKaren has decided to step down from her role as the City of Jacksonville\u2019s Chief Administrative Officer effective October 24,\u201d wrote Mayor Deegan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bowling\u2019s hire was among the first administration announcements. It preceded Deegan\u2019s official swearing in as Mayor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deegan alluded to that in her statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moffitt.org\/lp\/impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-736520 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/March-10_728x90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m truly grateful for her many years of service. Karen laid the foundation for our administration. She built an incredible team who smoothly transitioned us into office and made significant progress for Jacksonville. We wish her the best now and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the short term, Deegan said political veterans will fill the gap, with two particularly empowered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDeputy Chief Administrative Officer <strong>Kelli O\u2019Leary<\/strong> will remain in her role and lead executive branch departments with support from Chief of Staff <strong>Mike Weinstein<\/strong>. We will evaluate additional Mayor\u2019s Office staff needs after the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bowling has a long and storied history in the private and public sectors, with a number of prominent roles, but two stand out most.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She is the former CEO of Solantic Urgent Care, a company she co-founded with current U.S. Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/rickscott.senate.gov\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rick Scott<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 2001.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cflpublicaffairs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-680168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/CFPA-Digital-Ad-Sunburn-728x90-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also was chief administrative officer for Jacksonville\u2019s most recent former Democratic Mayor,\u00a0<strong>Alvin Brown.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville\u2019s Chief Administrative Officer is moving on, in what is the highest-profile departure from the\u00a0Donna Deegan administration. 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