Nat Ford
- Role
- CEO at Jacksonville Transportation Authority
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nat Ford
Nathaniel P. Ford Sr, CEO of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA), is an…
Experience
CEO
Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Nov 2012 — Present
Ford became the Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s (JTA) eighth CEO in December 2012. JTA is an independent agency of the State of Florida. JTA operates Jacksonville’s public bus service, St. Johns River Ferry, a downtown automated Skyway and paratransit service. The agency also plans, designs and builds roads and bridges under the JTAMobilityWorks program. During his nine years in Jacksonville, Ford and the JTA have received numerous awards for his transformational and community-focused initiatives in the Northeast Florida community. He was named APTA Outstanding Public Transportation Manager in 2020, the same year the JTA won the APTA Innovation Award for its innovative response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Eno Center for Transportation named Ford its Thought Leader for 2019. President Barack Obama named Ford a White House Champion of Change in 2015. Ford was named an “Ultimate CEO” by the Jacksonville Business Journal, and is an inductee in the First Coast Business Hall of Fame. He is also the 2016 recipient of the Jacksonville Urban League’s Clanzel T. Brown, Sr. Award. Under his leadership, the JTA received the APTA Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement Award in 2016. Ford sits on several nonprofit and industry boards including: Chair, Goodwill Industries of Northeast Florida Board of Directors Chair, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee Member, UF Health Board of Directors Member, JAX Chamber Board of Directors Member, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens Board of Trustees Member, Jacksonville University Master in Public Policy Minority Fellowship Board of Advisors Member, American Public Transportation Foundation Honorary Member, American Public Transportation Association (Past Chair) Member, Florida Public Transportation Association (Past Chair) Member, Transportation & Expressway Authority Membership of Florida (Past Chair)
Education
Golden Gate University
Associate of Arts
1995 — 1997
Harvard Kennedy School
Executive Training
Jacksonville University
Executive MBA -Davis College of Business
2015 — 2017
Mercer University
Bachelor of Applied Sciences
2003 — 2005
Emory University
Executive Development Consortium
Skills
- Traffic Engineering
- Leadership Development
- Process Improvement
- Management Consulting
- Transportation Engineering
- Operations Management
- Public Policy
- Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Training
- Leadership
- Transportation Management
- Business Development
- Customer Service
- Change Management
- Construction
- Process Scheduler
- Dot Regulations
- Economic Development
- Parking
- Analysis
- Light Rail
- Coaching
- Transportation
- Budgets
- Executive Management
- Managerial Finance
- Negotiation
- Team Building
- Fleet Management
- Contract Management
- Logistics
- Strategic Planning
- Rail
- Railway
- Business Strategy
- Project Planning
- Procurement
- Public Transport
- Community Outreach
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