Mike Cella

Vice-Chair of the Board of County Commissioners
Chairman of the Tourist Development Council 

Commissioner Cella is a former BCC Chairman and is the current Vice Chair. He is currently the Chairman of the Tourism Development Council. He serves on the Bikes, Blue Ways, and Trails Committee, the Clay County Economic Development Council, Value Adjustment Board, Small County Coalition, and serves as an alternate for the Public Safety Coordinating Council and Chamber of Commerce Liaison.

Commissioner Mike Cella was initially elected in 2016 to represent District 1. He ran unopposed in 2020 and is serving his second and final term on the Board of County Commissioners, which ends in November 2024.

He earned his Certified County Commissioner designation in 2018, Advanced Certified County Commissioner in 2019, and Advanced Certified County Commissioner Level II in 2020 from the Florida Association of Counties (FAC). He also received the FAC Presidential Advocacy Award for his work during the 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions.  

He has successfully owned and operated Jumperz Fun Center in Orange Park, serving thousands of Clay County citizens from 2009 to 2017. Before opening his business, Cella enjoyed a 30-year radio and TV broadcasting career, concluding at WOKV Radio in Jacksonville, where he hosted the Morning Show and served as the Assistant Program Director. Among the highlights of his broadcasting career, he announced the TV play-by-play for men's college basketball for the University of Connecticut, Fairfield, and Sacred Heart Universities.

ln 2004, Cella was the first resident elected as a supervisor on the Fleming Island Plantation (FIP) Community Development Board, serving 12 years. For ten of those years, he served as Chairman of the Board. During his tenure, FIP experienced vast growth, adding eight neighborhoods and a second swimming pool and recreation center. He has also served as the first president and co-founder of the FIP Neighborhood Advisory Council.

Cella is active in his community, serving as a member of the Fleming Island Lions Club, the Rotary Club of Northeast Florida, and the Clay County Chamber of Commerce. He is the past president and co-founder of the BIZNET Marketing Referral Group of Orange Park. He is actively involved with the Clay County Republican Party, serving as Committeeman for Precinct 410, President of the Republican Men's Club, and a South Clay Republican Club member.

Cella lives in Fleming Island with his wife, Vicky, an R.N. at Fleming Island Surgery Center. Their daughter, Lauren, and her husband, Kris Walter, live in Fleming Island with their sons, Lukas, Alex, Oliver, and Charlie. Son, Brian, and his wife, Jaime, reside in Connecticut with the couple's grandchildren, Sadie and Collin.