Gregory Smith, Jacksonville and Northeast Florida market president for Bank of America, was nominated as the Jax Chamber chair for 2013, the chamber announced Tuesday.
After the chamber board approves the nomination, Smith becomes chair-elect in January, serving with 2012 Chair Tom Van Berkel. Van Berkel is chairman and CEO of Main Street America Group.
Hugh Greene, president and CEO of Baptist Health, is this year’s chair.
As chair-elect, Smith will lead the chamber’s annual planning process as well as the leadership trip in 2012.
“Greg is a strategic leader who has demonstrated great passion for our community,” said Chamber President Wally Lee in a news release.
Smith, as market president, is the senior executive for local business, civic and philanthropic leadership for Bank of America in Jacksonville and Northeast Florida. He is also a senior credit products manager in business banking.
He joined Bank of America in 1988 as a vice president in the commercial real estate division, was promoted to senior vice president in credit risk in 1992 and to regional executive in private lending in 1995.
Smith moved to Jacksonville in 2000 as the southeast region business lending executive, and in 2004 became a national credit-services executive. He has held several positions on the chamber’s board of directors, including treasurer and chair of Cornerstone, now known as JaxUSA Partnership.
“I look forward to working with 2012 Chair Tom Van Berkel and providing leadership to the board of directors as we build on the past accomplishments of the chamber and work toward fulfilling our key initiatives,” Smith said in the news release.
Smith currently chairs the Jacksonville University Davis College of Business Executive Advisory Board. He also serves on the boards of the University of North Florida Foundation and the United Way of Northeast Florida trustees