Both Joe and Donna are members of numerous associations; the Florida Rental Assoc.; USM Foundation; Farm-to-City Needy Feeding Program Volunteers; Friends of the Saenger; Pensacola Propeller Club; Friends of Satori Foundation; and Pensacola Yacht Club. Both are lifetime members of the Amer. Rental Association & USM Alumni Association since 1979.
Joe graduated from University of Southern Mississippi (B.A, ’79) with degrees in Real Estate and Finance. Meeks is President of Coastal Machinery Company; President/Owner of Coastal Rentals Company; Pres./Owner/CEO of Go Go Billboards, L.L.C. Involvement includes Kubota National Advisory Board; VP Pensacola Propeller Club; Assoc. of General Contractors; Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association; Experimental Aircraft Assoc.; Kappa Sigma Alumni Assoc.; Co-Founder/Board of Dir. Kubota South; Univ. of FL Agricultural Research Center Board; & Institute of Food & Agricultural Science.
Donna is a retired educator with degrees from The University of Southern Mississippi (B.A. '81), William Carey University (M.Ed '98), and National Board Certification in Early Childhood Education (’03). She is owner and CEO of Meeks Industries; owner and proprietor-The French Townhouse, LLC and The Bay House, LLC. Donna is a contributing author for the “Official International Kubota Dealer Guidelines” & adviser to Kubota N. America. In 2014, Donna's Kubota Showroom Design was selected Kubota Tractor Corporation as the N. American standard for Kubota dealerships. Also instrumental in Kubota's Mobile advertising, Kubota's N. American Marketing chose her design as the official Kubota vehicle wrap and Chain Barrel Display were incorporated nationally in 2015. Donna is 'WEEN DREAM Florida's Project Leader, a 501(c)(3) providing Halloween costumes to children in need. Memberships include Impact100 Pensacola, Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast, Pensacola Propeller Club, Delta Gamma Alumni, Gulf Coast Educ. Foundation; & Les Masquees Mardi Gras Association.