DeSantis appoints Santa Fe College grad to Union County BOCC

Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Donna Jackson to the Union County Board of County Commissioners on Friday.

According to a press release, Jackson, of Lake Butler, is the office manager at New Rivers Developers.

Jackson currently serves on the Union County Housing Authority and previously served for the New River Public Library Cooperative as the finance director.

Jackson earned an associate degree from Santa Fe College and a bachelor’s in business administration from Saint Leo University.

According to a Florida Politics story, Jackson will fill the spot left vacant when former Commissioner Ryan Perez (District 1) announced he would step down from the Union County Board with 12 months remaining on his term.