Tim P. Cost

Tim Cost is president of Jacksonville University, a private university founded in 1934 with more than 4,200 undergraduate and graduate students from 48 states and 51 foreign countries, located in Jacksonville, Fla. He has served on the GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation as well as the Florida Blue board since 2018.

“As a Jacksonville resident, I am very familiar with the tremendous impact GuideWell has had on the health care industry, and on the members it serves. I am proud to be part of a mission-driven leadership team dedicated to helping people and communities achieve better health.”

Prior to joining the university, Cost held senior management positions with leading organizations in the private sector, including PepsiCo, Kodak, Wyeth, Aramark, Pharmacia and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Cost currently serves on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Brooks Rehabilitation, Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, the Jacksonville Civic Council Inc., the ASUN Presidents Council, Florida Council of 100, and the Players Council.