Ari Jolly

2024 Women with Heart Honoree

Ari Jolly

Ari Jolly serves as an Expert Counsel at GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (“GMHC”). In this role, Ari is responsible for providing legal support to the Investment and Corporate Development operations of the GMHC enterprise and for providing board governance support to numerous GMHC subsidiary and joint venture companies.

Prior to joining Florida Blue in 1993, Ari practiced with the law firm of Rogers, Towers, Bailey, Jones, and Gay in Jacksonville. Ari was also an Officer in the Unites States Navy from 1983-1990 and the recipient of a Navy Achievement Medal (1987).

Throughout her career, Ari has been active in her community. She is a member of the Florida Bar and Jacksonville Bar. She serves on the boards of Fleet Landing and the American Public Transportation Association. In 2019, Ari was reappointed by Governor DeSantis to the board of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) and served as the Chair of the JTA from 2021 to 2022. In 2021 Ari assumed the Chairmanship for the Board of the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. In 2023 Ari joined the Board and Executive Committee of the JAX Chamber. Ari also serves on the Board of the JU Public Policy Institute.

In 2015 Ari was recognized as a Jacksonville Business Journal’s Woman of Influence. In 2022 she was honored by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) as one of the Women Who Move the Nation and by Jacksonville University with the Outstanding Military Alumnus of Distinction Award. That year, Ari was also a Florida Times-Union EVE Award Finalist.

Ari graduated from Jacksonville University (1983) and the Florida State College of Law (1990) with Highest Honors. She is an honors graduate from the Naval Legal Justice School, Rhode Island (1984).