She served as chief operating officer under Zahn, and then served as interim CEO again for several months after Zahn’s termination. “I never thought it was going to happen,” Dykes said, adding those kinds of bonus plans don’t have a place in government.ĭykes had been chief financial officer under CEO Paul McElroy, and was interim CEO for a few days after McElroy resigned, until Zahn was named interim CEO. Multiple former board members this week testified they had no idea what they were actually approving. – On Thursday afternoon, jurors heard from former JEA executive Melissa Dykes during Day 7 of the fraud and conspiracy trial of former JEA CEO Aaron Zahn and former Chief Financial Officer Ryan Wannemacher.ĭykes is a key figure for JEA and the city-owned utility’s chief operating officer at the time the board approved a controversial bonus plan that could have resulted in payouts of $345 million in the event JEA had been sold.ĭykes testified Thursday that she was very surprised the bonus plan was approved and thought the board understood what could happen and how much money could be paid out.
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