Florida’s Jacksonville Housing Authority (JHA) is experiencing another leadership turnover with a new interim CEO who replaces the acting CEO who resigned earlier this month.
According to JaxToday.com, Roslyn Mixon-Phillips was approved by the agency’s board of commissioners. Mixon-Phillips, who worked for the housing authority as a commissioner and as board chairwoman, succeeds acting CEO Vanessa Dunn, who took over in February after CEO Dwayne Alexander resigned in January after claiming Mayor Donna Deegan’s office forced him out of office. Dunn announced her resignation Aug. 2, effective Aug. 30 – she offered no explanation of why she is leaving.
“We’re looking at bringing in some steady leadership at a time where there’s a lot of turnover and the culture is not great,” said Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Heather Horovitz. “I thought that having somebody that had experience with the people who work at the JHA was important and also having experience with housing that was really a plus,”
The board of commissioners agreed to have Mixon-Phillips serve as interim CEO for no longer than a year at a salary up to $200,000.
Outside of the chief executive turnover, the JHA has seen a surplus amount of leadership turmoil in other executive positions. Earlier this year, Greg Williams was fired roughly one month after he was promoted from comptroller – the reason for his termination was a failure to report to work. Separately, Chief Financial Officer Dennis Lohr handed in his resignation. And on top of this, the agency is the target of three Inspector General investigations and an audit by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
