Jon Levinson
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County
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Jon R. Levinson brings diversified business experience with strong technical and administrative skills in operations, financial management, and marketing to Volunteer Florida.
Jon serves in various community capacities including an active member and Immediate Past Chairman of Leadership Florida, a member of the Florida Atlantic University College of Education Advisory Council, a Board Member and Executive Committee member of the United Way of Palm Beach County, and as a Board Member of the Mae Volen Senior Center.
Some of Jon's additional recent civic involvement includes serving as Chairman of the Delray Beach Community Land Trust, Chairman of the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Board, member of the Visions 2010 Steering Committee, Downtown Business Area Plan Steering and Implementation Committees, with the Pineapple Grove Main Street Board and member of the Delray Beach Volunteer Marine Patrol. He represented the City of Delray Beach at the Palm Beach County League of Cities, on the Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, the Palm Beach County Intergovernmental Issues Forum, and the Atlantic High School, School Advisory Council. Jon served on the Delray Beach Board of Adjustment, the Downtown Development Authority, and the 1991 Charter Review Committee and several other groups prior to his election to the Delray Beach City Commission in March 2001 through March 2007 when he was term limited.
Some of his past civic involvement includes being Past Chairman of the Board of the Museum of Discovery and Science in Ft. Lauderdale, the Board of Governors of the Delray Medical Center, a member of the Governor's Select Committee Workforce 2000 and its Education Sub-Committee Chair, on the Florida Council for Education and Employment of Women and Girls, a member of both the Palm Beach County and Broward County School Board's Strategic Planning Committees, Chairman of Leadership Broward IV, a Community Advisory Council Member for the Junior League of Ft. Lauderdale, and a Board Member of Junior Achievement. Jon is a frequent speaker on business and education issues and has made presentations to the Florida Literacy Conference, Florida Board of Community Colleges, various Florida Educators conferences, and the Florida Small Business Development Center.
Jon's professional experience includes his current role as President of REL Enterprises, Inc., a marketing and business development consulting firm, as a Vice President of a Fortune 500 company, and as President of REL Hotels, owner and operator of two Holiday Inn Hotels in Broward County and the Sheraton of Boca Raton. He also owned and operated Engineered Air an air-conditioning contracting company. Jon's first position out of college was for a regional CPA firm in South Florida.
Jon earned a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida in 1971. He holds both a Florida Real Estate Broker License and a Florida Class "A" Air Conditioning License. Jon and his wife Lori have three daughters and have lived in Delray Beach since 1980. |
