Vickie Cavey was appointed CEO and managing director of JEA.
Published on September 24, 2024 at 12:12 pm
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Vickie Cavey, interim CEO and managing director of JEA, was promoted Tuesday to the position long term.
“Vickie has shown incredible leadership,” JEA board member John Baker said before the board promoted her. “She has gotten in and made significant changes that most interim (leaders) would not have touched.”
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Cavey received a salary of $560,000 annually after her appointment as interim CEO. She will receive a contract with the same terms after her promotion, the Jacksonville Daily Record reported.
Among other terms, she will continue to be provided with a JEA vehicle or a monthly automobile allowance of $850. She also will receive a $2,000 monthly allowance for telephone service and other business expenses, the Daily Record said.
Cavey is a 32-year veteran of JEA who retired in 2016 then returned as special assistant for external affairs to interim CEO Paul McElroy in May 2020. McElroy was serving on an interim basis after the firing of then CEO Aaron Zahn, who was later found guilty of attempting to defraud the utility.
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Cavey then assisted McElroy’s successor, Jay Stowe, as board liaison from November 2020 through January 2021.
She was appointed interim CEO and manging director April 15 after Stowe’s resignation.
Randy comes to Jacksonville from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, where as metro editor, he led investigative coverage of the Parkland school shooting that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for public service. He has spent more than 40 years in reporting and editing positions in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio and Florida.
