Sean Hall, a sales manager at Gamber-Johnson, received approval from the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee to join the city’s Planning Commission on a 6-0 vote on Feb. 17.
Pending confirmation by full Council, Hall would fill the lone vacant seat on the commission.
An Army veteran who has served on the boards of state and community organizations received an endorsement from the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee on Feb. 17 to join the city’s Planning Commission.
The committee voted 6-0 to recommend confirmation of Sean Hall to fill the lone vacant seat on the nine-member commission. With full Council approval, he would replace former commission chair Charles Garrison in the District 1 seat after Garrison resigned at the end of 2025 to take a new job in New York City.
Hall has been the national sales manager for the United States and Canada for Wisconsin-based Gamber-Johnson since 2023, according to his resume attached to his nominating legislation, Resolution 2026-0054.
Based in Wisconsin, Gamber-Johnson sells mounts and docking equipment to attach computers and other electronic equipment in vehicles such as police cars, fleet vehicles and forklifts.
Before Gamber-Johnson, Hall worked for Client Solutions Group as an outside sales specialist and for Panasonic Computer Solutions Co. as a national sales manager, according to his resume.
Hall graduated from the University of North Florida in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in communications/public relations, according to his LinkedIn.
He ran for City Council in 2011, losing in the primary. According to a candidate statement he filed that year, he was an airborne/infantry officer in the U.S. Army and Army National Guard for 14 years, deploying in Europe and the Middle East.
Hall serves on the Florida Election Commission and the boards for the Jacksonville Cultural Council, the Jacksonville Humane Society, Homes for the Brave and other organizations, according to his resume. According to his Gamber-Johnson staff page, he is a graduate of Leadership Jacksonville and Leadership Florida who has served on the Citizens Oversight Committee for The Better Jacksonville Plan, Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund Board and Springfield Preservation and Revitalization Council.
Hall is married to Kerri Stewart. Now chief strategy officer at Miller Electric, Stewart was the former chief of staff to Mayor Lenny Curry and worked for three years at JEA as chief customer officer.
A full Council vote has yet to be scheduled.