{"id":413110,"date":"2026-09-28T20:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413110\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:44:08","slug":"kevin-carrico-wont-seek-third-city-council-term-as-he-launches-jacksonville-advisory-firm-with-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/413110\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Carrico won\u2019t seek third City Council term as he launches Jacksonville advisory firm with wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville City Councilman Kevin Carrico said he will not seek a third term as he prepares to focus full-time on Alignment Global Partners, an advisory firm he launched with his wife, Daysi Jacobson Carrico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Carrico also recently stepped down as vice president of strategic initiatives for the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida after more than 10 years with the organization. In a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/23\/kevin-carrico-steps-down-from-boys-girls-clubs-of-northeast-florida-after-over-10-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News4JAX<\/a>, Carrico said he was proud of the organization\u2019s work and looked forward to starting his next chapter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cI will complete my current term on the Jacksonville City Council, but I will not seek a third term,\u201d Carrico said in a news release. \u201cAfter my term, I plan to devote my full professional focus to building Alignment Global Partners and serving our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The release said the Jacksonville-based firm builds on the founders\u2019 established practice in Ponte Vedra Beach and serves business owners and nonprofit leaders. Its services combine U.S. tax expertise, executive leadership and business strategy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The firm plans to open an office in downtown Jacksonville and expand internationally, beginning with Madrid in 2026. An opening celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony are being planned, with details to be announced later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Jacobson Carrico is the firm\u2019s co-founder and CEO. She has more than 20 years of accounting and tax experience, including 10 years with the IRS across multiple divisions as a revenue agent. She previously built and led Daysi Jacobson Accounting LLC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Carrico is the firm\u2019s co-founder and president. He has more than 20 years of experience in executive leadership, elected public service, nonprofit operations, strategic planning, government relations and fundraising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Carrico also was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Madrid-based World Law Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cBehind every business is a family. Behind every nonprofit is a mission. Behind every institution are people counting on it,\u201d Jacobson Carrico said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">She said the firm aims to bring its experience and strengths to partnerships that provide clarity and confidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cWe are passionate about what becomes possible when people with complementary strengths come together with intention,\u201d Jacobson Carrico said. She said the name Alignment reflects the firm\u2019s mission of bringing people, purpose and strategy together.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Jacksonville City Councilman Kevin Carrico said he will not seek a third term as he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,5896],"class_list":["post-413110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-kevin-carrico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}