Overview

• Mayor Donna Deegan confirmed Bowling’s resignation and praised her service, describing the departure as amicable without detailing a reason.
• The CAO position will remain vacant through year-end as the administration reassesses its organizational needs after the holidays.
• Bowling submitted her resignation Wednesday in a text message following an in-person discussion with the mayor, according to city records.
• The exit comes a week after a contentious budget process that reduced the Mayor’s Office allocation by $442,207, with council members from both parties publicly lauding Bowling’s leadership.
• Bowling previously served as CAO under former Mayor Alvin Brown, led entrepreneurship initiatives at the University of North Florida, and co-founded Solantic Urgent Care with Rick Scott; she has been recognized as the first woman to hold Jacksonville’s CAO role.