Board and Management
Leadership Team
JEA’s leadership team is committed to achieving our goal of being the best utility in the nation. Please click on each leader's name to learn more about their role, background and experience.
Vickie Cavey was named JEA’s managing director and chief executive
officer in April 2024. A frequent counselor to JEA executive leadership and 32-year operations veteran, Cavey brings a deep knowledge of JEA in roles that have spanned organizational lines through engagement with the Northeast Florida business community,
other utilities, regulatory bodies, and elected officials.
Following her retirement from JEA in 2016, Cavey returned as special assistant for external affairs to interim CEO Paul McElroy in 2020, then assisted McElroy’s successor, Jay Stowe,
as board liaison until January 2021. She began her JEA career in 1984 as a mechanical engineer in the power engineering division, one of JEA’s first female engineers. She then advanced to managerial roles in commercial key accounts and special projects
prior to director roles overseeing strategic partnerships/acquisitions and strategy development and execution.
Cavey earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida. She has a long history of involvement
in the local nonprofit community, in which she currently serves as an advisory board member for the Stellar Academy of Engineering at Nease High School. She is also a past president and board member of the Rotary Club of Ponte Vedra Beach Foundation.
Her volunteer service in local nonprofits spans decades, including the United Way, BEAM, Mission House, PACE Center for Girls and many others.
Cavey and her husband, Dan, live in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Ricky Erixton was named interim chief operating officer in November 2024 after being named deputy COO in September
2024. He has worked at JEA in multiple leadership positions for more than 30 years.
Mr. Erixton began his career as a co-op at JEA in 1989 and joined the company in a permanent role in 1991 as an engineer in the system operations department.
He spent almost 20 years in system operations before being promoted to director, transmission and distribution maintenance in 2011 and to senior director, transmission and distribution in 2019. He was responsible for the maintenance of the entire
JEA electric system, from the generation resources to the customer, before becoming interim vice president, electric systems in 2020, and vice president, electric systems in March 2021.
Mr. Erixton holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Florida and holds a NERC System Operator Certification. He serves on the SERC Reliability board of directors.
Dr. Charles E. Moreland was named JEA’s chief customer experience
officer in December 2024. In his role, he oversees JEA's residential and business customer support, customer revenue, and communications and outreach teams.
Dr. Moreland has devoted his 30-plus year career to public service, serving the
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and City of Jacksonville before coming to JEA. Under Mayors Peyton, Brown, and Curry, he was promoted through the ranks at JFRD to director/fire chief. For the city, he served as the director of community and
international affairs and as the deputy chief administrative officer, where more than 2,000 employees served under his leadership.
Dr. Moreland earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Edward Waters, a bachelor’s in emergency
management from Barry University, and a master’s in public administration and a doctorate in education from Nova Southeastern University. He also is a 2008 alumnus of Leadership Jacksonville.
Theodore B. “Ted” Phillips joined JEA as Chief Financial Officer in August 2021 and has served in the not-for-profit utility sector for more than 30 years. He leads teams that oversee finance, supply chain and procurement, fleet and facilities, cybersecurity and technology services, and fuels for Jacksonville’s community-owned utility.
Before joining JEA, Mr. Phillips led teams in finance/accounting, MIS, technical services, purchasing, stores & warehousing, fleet, and facilities for Huntsville Utilities. Previous to his work in Alabama, he worked in the public sector in North Carolina and Missouri.
Mr. Phillips earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University. He is an active member in his community and has served on the boards of the United Way and The Schools Foundation in Huntsville, Alabama, and was a long-term leader in the Boy Scouts of America. He is treasurer of the Advisory Council of The Salvation Army of Northeast Florida and is a trustee on the Florida Chamber Foundation’s Board of Trustees and its Community Development Partnership Council.
Jody L. Brooks will return to JEA as its chief administrative officer in June 2024. She will have oversight
of the utility’s critical infrastructure protection and compliance, audit services, Information Governance and other areas. She also will work with Jacksonville’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) to oversee JEA legal matters.
Ms. Brooks,
who served JEA in two previous stints, brings 30 years of legal experience and a wealth of knowledge about JEA, federal, state and local utility regulation and Florida environmental laws. She was JEA’s chief administrative officer from 2021-23 and
the utility’s first chief legal officer from 2016-19. Previously, she supported JEA’s efforts as an attorney with the city’s OGC, and most recently she operated a legal practice in Orange Park.
Prior to her public service, Ms. Brooks served
as general counsel at Allen Land Group Inc. and in-house counsel with The St. Joe Company. She began her legal career as an Associate with Lewis, Longman and Walker, P.A.
Ms. Brooks holds a Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University
of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, along with a Certificate in Environmental Land Use Law.
As JEA’s deputy chief financial officer, Joe Orfano is responsible for supporting the chief financial officer in managing JEA finances and ensuring that the organization operates efficiently and effectively.
Orfano joined JEA in 2013 and has more than 20 years of prior experience working in electric utility companies. In previous roles with JEA, he has served as treasurer, interim chief financial officer, and vice president, financial services. Prior to joining JEA, he was director of treasury at a mining company in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Orfano holds a B.B.A. in finance from the University of Notre Dame. He serves on the Finance & Audit Committee of The Energy Authority and on the Finance Administration Committee for the Better Jacksonville Plan.
Kurt Wilson joined JEA in 2020. As chief of staff, Wilson advances key initiatives and operations for the CEO and supports JEA’s leadership team, the Office of General Counsel and the board of directors. He also leads strategic working relationships with community partners, government officials and regional agencies.
Prior to being promoted to chief of staff, Wilson served as JEA’s vice president, government and community relations. Before joining JEA, he served 25 years with Jacksonville Fire & Rescue, retiring as fire chief.
Wilson holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Flagler College.
Brad Krol joined JEA as chief information officer in 2021. His teams oversee enterprise business systems, technology infrastructure and cybersecurity, and he provides strategic leadership and direction on new technologies to support the utility’s operations.
Prior to joining JEA, Mr. Krol served as chief information officer for Expro Group, a Houston-based international oilfield services company specializing in well flow management. There he was responsible for all aspects of the organization’s information technology department and developed an IT strategic vision to align technology with the needs of the organization. In his career, he has also served as information technology director, IT infrastructure and operations director and global director of information technology for private companies in Houston and Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Mr. Krol earned a Bachelor of Science in business operations from DeVry Institute of Technology. He is a member of the advisory board for the Computing Sciences Department at the University of North Florida.
Diane Moser joined JEA as chief human resources officer in October 2024, after serving the City of Jacksonville for more than 30 years. She is responsible for the development and implementation of organizational redesign efforts, talent acquisition, succession planning, compensation plans, and team member engagement efforts critical to JEA’s efficiency and productivity.
Before joining JEA, Moser was director of employee services for the City of Jacksonville, where she oversaw talent management, employee and labor relations, and employee benefits. She served in various roles throughout her tenure with the City, including manager of personnel services. Moser also served on the City of Jacksonville Pension Board.
Moser holds a master’s degree in psychology from the University of West Florida and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Florida. She has been a member of various professional organizations including the Society of Human Resources Management, WorldatWork, the American Society for Training and Development, the American Library Association (ALA), and the Public Library Association (PLA).
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Electric Systems
JEA is proud of its Electric System and its reputation as one of the nation’s exemplary municipal service providers. Our existing generation capacity is 3,747 MWs and our generation fleet contains a diverse resource mix.
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Water Supply
JEA delivers more than 110 million gallons of water each day to our customers. We regularly test the water we send to customers to ensure its safety, as outlined by federal and state regulatory agencies. Our state-of-the-art technology monitors our water supply grid to bring fresh, clean water to your home. We work hard to help our customers learn how to conserve Northeast Florida's most precious resource, the Floridan aquifer, so that we may continue to benefit from it for generations to come.
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Wastewater
JEA's sewer collection system handles more than 70 million gallons of wastewater every day. Our waste collection and treatment system consists of more than 3,700 miles of collection lines, over 1,200 pumping stations and fourteen sewer treatment plants.