Meet Our Commissioners

Chair Joseph Van de Bogart
Term Expires: December 31, 2026

Commissioner Van de Bogart was appointed to the Commission in 2025. He is the Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel at Florida Atlantic University and the former General Counsel at the Florida Department of State. Van de Bogart earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctorate from Florida International University College of Law. .



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Commissioner Joni Alexis Poitier, Vice Chair
Term Expires: December 31, 2019
Commissioner Poitier was appointed to the Commission in 2016. She is a partner in the law firm of Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones in Jacksonville, Florida. Ms. Poitier joined the firm in February 2012 as an associate and was named a Partner in January 2018. Her practice comprises personal injury, product liability and labor and employment matters. The Firm specializes in the preparation and trial of complex and high-risk transportation, personal injury and business litigation in state and federal courts throughout Florida.

Ms. Poitier is a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D. 2005) and Spelman College (B.A. 2002, summa cum laude). While at Vanderbilt, Joni received the Damali K. Booker Award for legal activism. Ms. Poitier is the President of the Jacksonville Federal Court Bar Association and is a member of the Jacksonville Bar Association and the D.W. Perkins Bar Association. Ms. Poitier is a member of many civic and charitable organizations including the Women’s Giving Alliance, the Wolfson Children’s Hospital Women’s Board and serves on the board of directors for Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. In 2017, she was recognized by the American Bar Association as an “On the Rise” top young lawyer and as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. Joni is a native Floridian who grew up in Miami. Ms. Poitier is admitted to the State Bar in Florida (2006) and Georgia (2005); the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia..


Commissioner Kymberlee Curry Smith
Term Expires: December 31, 2024
Commissioner Smith joined the Commission in 2016 and was reappointed in 2017 and 2023. She is a proud graduate of Boston College Law School and Florida State University. Ms. Smith began her career as an associate with Adorno & Yoss LLP, focusing on real estate and land use/zoning matters. She then became an assistant city attorney with the City of Miami, where she focused on land use/zoning, environmental, code enforcement, community development and general transactional matters and served on the following boards: Code Enforcement; Plat and Street; Bayfront Park Management Trust; and Arts and Entertainment.

She is a past president of the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association. Ms. Smith serves as the association’s representative to the Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., as a board member. She is also a proud member of The Florida Bar’s Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Leadership Academy, as well as a member of the Law Related Education Committee.



Commissioner J. Martin Hayes
Term Expires: December 31, 2024
Commissioner Hayes joined the Commission in 2018 and was reappointed in 2023. He is a Partner with Akerman, LLP, and a highly regarded litigator, who focuses his litigation practice in the areas of general civil and administrative litigation. Martin works with motor vehicle dealers in all aspects of the motor vehicle dealer-manufacturer relationship. He represents national and public dealer groups and individual and multi-line dealers. Martin’s clients rely on his counsel with respect to the modification of dealer manufacturer franchise agreements, and navigating the ever-changing state laws affecting the dealer-manufacturer relationship. Martin represents auto dealers in litigation, mediations, and informal settlement conferences on issues as diverse as acquiring additional dealerships, warranty audit issues, facility upgrades, terminations, and buy-sell turndowns. Martin also represents employers in matters such as employment discrimination, wrongful terminations, and whistleblower cases. He advises a variety of manufacturers and businesses in breach of contract cases, assists consumer lenders in preparation and review of contracts, lease agreements, and assorted contracts.


Commissioner Marva Preston
Term Expires: December 31, 2024
Commissioner Preston served for 29 years as a Sworn Police Officer with the City of Miami Police Department, and a Consultant for Miami Beach Police. Her years of experience in Public Service has always been focused on ethics, values and integrity. She has worked as a Uniform Patrol Officer, a Homicide Investigator/Sexual Battery Investigator, Child Abuse Investigator, Internal Affairs Anti-Corruption Unit and the State Attorney’s Office Public Corruption Task Force. She returned to Wakulla County in 2006 where she worked as an Investigator with the AG Medicaid Fraud Division. She has an Associate degree from Miami Dade College and a Bachelor’s degree (Public Administration) from Florida International University

She is co- founder of Grace Embraced Ministry Inc., a non-profit Outreach Ministry that organizes Seminars, Events and Programs for living Healthy Lifestyles. After retirement she became actively involved in several Community Organizations: Wakulla Elections Precinct Clerk, Empty Bowls, Operation Santa, Farm Share, MDC#2 Food Pantry, Wakulla Wellness Taskforce, Crawfordville Lions Club, NAMI, Grace Embraced Ministry, Inc., Wakulla County Republican Women, Operation Wakulla Board Member, Wakulla Wellness Task Force, Wakulla Senior Center Board, Christ Church Anglican, Florida Wild Mammal Association, Wakulla Feeding Wakulla, Wakulla County Community Healthcare Pioneer for 2011.

Commissioner Rick Joyce
Term Expires: December 31, 2027
Commissioner Joyce was appointed to the Commission in 2023. He is the President of Central Florida Mediators, LLC. Active in his community, he has served as a Special Magistrate in Lake and Alachua counties and served as an Adjunct Professor at Rollins College. Joyce earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and his juris doctor from St. Louis University.




Commissioner Patrick Kilbane
Term Expires: December 31, 2027
Commissioner Kilbane was appointed to the Commission in 2025. He is a Partner at Ullman Wealth Partners, serving as a Wealth Advisor and General Counsel, helping clients coordinate and implement comprehensive wealth management strategies and managing all legal matters for the firm. He also leads the firm’s Divorce Advisory Group and is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®. Before joining Ullman Wealth Partners, Pat built a successful legal career in matrimonial and family law, serving as a Shareholder at two respected statewide firms—GrayRobinson, P.A. and Rogers Towers, P.A.—in Jacksonville.

Pat is deeply involved in the Jacksonville community, having served on numerous civic and professional boards. He has received several gubernatorial appointments, including to the Jacksonville Aviation Authority—where he served as Chairman from 2017–2018 and again from 2020–2021—and to the 4th Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, where he served as Chairman from 2017–2019. Recently, he was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to the Jacksonville Port Authority in 2024. Pat also served on the Jacksonville Bar Association’s Board of Governors and as President of its Young Lawyers Section. He is a graduate of Leadership Florida (Class XXXV) and currently serves as President of the Jacksonville Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society. Pat previously served as President of the Board of Directors of the Notre Dame Alumni Club of Greater Jacksonville and as a member of the Foundation Board for St. Vincent’s Hospital. In 2017, he was appointed by Bishop Felipe Estévez to the Savings and Loan Board for the Diocese of St. Augustine. Pat earned his law degree from the University of Notre Dame and holds a B.B.A. from Adrian College, where he graduated summa cum laude and was elected to the college’s Board of Trustees in 2020.