Action News Jax’s Ben Becker has learned that several well-known names are vying to become the next permanent CEO of the Kids Hope Alliance, the city agency responsible for overseeing youth programs and services.
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Two hundred and thirty-five people have applied for the high-profile role, including former Duval County Public Schools superintendent Dr. Diana Greene and former Duval County School Board chair Lori Hershey.
Greene, Hershey past questions
Greene left the school district under pressure in 2023 after the fallout from the arrest of a former Douglas Anderson School of the Arts teacher.
It was related to a scathing letter from the Florida Education Commissioner who called the district’s delay in reporting dozens of other incidents of teacher misconduct at other schools “completely unacceptable.”
Action News Jax reported in 2019 that Hershey, who at the time was advocating for a half-cent sales tax increase to fund nearly $2 billion dollars in repairs to local schools, had been faced with a federal tax lien (along with her husband) in 2009 for about $7,500 that was not paid off for three years. When Hershey first ran for the school board in 2012 and filed a financial disclosure, the lien was not listed.
KHA leadership in flux
Current interim KHA CEO Dr. Diana Kriznar, who previously served as interim DCPS superintendent, has not applied for the permanent position…