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Meet Our Team

Greg McGarity

President/CEO | E-mail Greg | Call Greg

Hometown: Athens, GA
Years in Jacksonville: 2 Years
Favorite College Team: Georgia Bulldogs & Florida Gators
Best Football Memory: Too many to count – the 2019 Georgia-Notre Dame Game & 1996 National Championship Game at Florida being some of the most memorable!
Fun Fact: I was a member of the ‘Aisle 10 Crew’ at UGA!

Robert Leverock

Vice President/CFO | E-mail Robert | Call Robert

Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Years in Jacksonville: With the exception of 5 years in Lake City, Florida… all my life.
Favorite College Team: Florida State University
Best Football Memory: Attending Super Bowl XXXIX in my hometown.
Fun Fact: I became a college cheerleader after being recruited to play football at multiple schools, including Annapolis, West Point, and Yale.

Katie Cox

Vice President of Marketing, Membership & Community Relations | E-mail Katie | Call Katie

Hometown: Kiowa, KS
Years in Jacksonville: 15 years
Favorite College Team: I don’t have one (Go Denver Broncos)
Best Football Memory: The final occurrence of Brady versus Manning in the AFC Championship in 2016.
Fun Fact: Baking is my stress reliever – so when I bring treats to the office, it’s generally as a result of stress :)

Alex McGarity

Director of Events & Operations | E-mail Alex | Call Alex

Hometown: Athens, GA
Years in Jacksonville: Eight
Favorite College Team: University of Georgia
Best Football Memory: Going to last year’s Rose Bowl to see Georgia defeat Oklahoma.
Fun Fact: I attended four universities during my college career.

Kayla Vanderlaan

Director of Marketing & Community Relations | E-mail Kayla | Call Kayla

Hometown: Newton, Iowa
Years in Jacksonville: 7 years
Favorite College Team: Iowa Hawkeyes
Best Football Memory: The Iowa-Iowa State game every year & my very first Florida-Georgia game (SEC Football Fans are CRAZY!)
Fun Fact: I once scored the game winning touchdown in pee-wee football… after I scored all of the boys dog-piled on me in the end zone, I walked off the field yelling at them and never returned…my on-field football career ended there!

Donovan Small

Ticketing Sales & Service Manager | E-mail Donovan | Call Donovan

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Years in Jacksonville: 3/4 Years
Favorite College Team: Kentucky Wildcats
Best Football Memory: My entire senior year season. Our team went undefeated!
Fun Fact: I’ve lived in six different cities so far in my life!

Erin Fields

Membership Manager | E-mail Erin | Call Erin

Hometown: Tampa, FL
Years in Jacksonville: 1 year in 2021 (then moved away, and now I’m back!)
Favorite College Team: Florida State Seminoles
Best Football Memory: Watching Clemson beat LSU in the 2012 Peach Bowl.  
Fun Fact: She’s lived in 5 different places within the past 2 years — Tampa, Winston-Salem, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Nashville and now back to Jacksonville

Joe Atkinson

Events & Hospitality Intern | E-mail Joe | Call Joe

Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Years in Jacksonville: 0
Favorite College Team: South Carolina Gamecocks
Best Football Memory: Storming the field in 2022 when South Carolina upset Tennessee
Fun Fact: I am a twin!

Taylor Hull

Ticketing & Membership Intern | E-mail Taylor | Call Taylor

Hometown: Demopolis, Alabama
Years in Jacksonville: 16 years
Favorite College Team: Georgia Southern + Auburn
Best Football Memory: Watching Georgia Southern comeback and win at home against App State last year in double Overtime in person. It was a very close game until the very end going back and forth.
Fun Fact: I could recite the entire Atlanta Braves roster and their positions at the age of 3 years old.

Ruby Martin

Marketing & Creative Services Intern | E-mail Ruby | Call Ruby

Hometown: Newton, Iowa
Years in Jacksonville: 0
Favorite College Team: Iowa Hawkeyes + Arizona State Sun Devils
Best Football Memory: Watching my brother score one of his first touchdowns for the Iowa Hawkeyes at their first night game in 2019.
Fun Fact: In 2016, I qualified in 8 events and competed at the U.S. Olympic Swim Team Trials. I placed 4th overall in the 200 butterfly, just shy of making the Olympic team.

Kaitlin Padgett

Marketing & Community Relations Intern | E-mail Kaitlin | Call Kaitlin

Hometown: Macclenny, Florida
Years in Jacksonville: 17
Favorite College Team: Georgia Bulldogs
Best Football Memory: Watching the Georgia win the National Championship title with my family and then… watching them win it again the next season! Go Dawgs!!
Fun Fact: I’m obsessed with Ranch, I almost dip everything in it!

Mr. Tax

Mascot | E-mail Mr. Tax

Hometown: Refund Rhodes, GA
Years in Jacksonville: Twelve
Favorite College Team: I don’t choose favorites.
Best Football Memory: Hanging out with my bestie, PATCHES, on the sideline every year at the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl!

PATCHES

Mascot | E-mail PATCHES

Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
Years in Jacksonville: Since 1946
Favorite College Team: Not to choose faves, but IYKYK ;)
Best Football Memory: Spending time with all of the fanbases throughout the years!