About The Hutson Companies

David Hutson is well known for his achievements as a builder, creating new home communities throughout northeast Florida. During his extensive career as a builder, his passion for land development led to a natural transition from homebuilder to land developer. The Hutson Companies’ operations have also expanded to include a timber and cattle ranch, and commercial office buildings. David personally directs the operations of The Hutson Companies.

In 1973, David formed his first homebuilding company and since that time has developed hundreds of communities in the Jacksonville area. In the late 1980s, the company was sold to the Tompkins Heritage Homes. Subsequently, the rising demand in regional housing gave birth to another Hutson homebuilding firm that was later sold to Fortress Homes, a national builder. In 1991, David became more actively involved in land development and diversified his business interests.

David has won numerous awards, including a Pillar of the Industry Award and Florida Entrepreneur of the Year. His company has been a regular on The Business Journal 50 (fastest growing companies) and the First Coast 50 (Largest Privately Held Companies). Hutson’s OakLeaf Plantation received the Large Scale Master Planning Award from the First Coast Chapter of the Florida Planning & Zoning Association. Additionally, the OakLeaf Plantation Athletic Center garnered honors for Excellence in Construction from the regional chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors.

A seasoned professional, Nancy Hutson is well known for her achievements in the new home market throughout northeast Florida. Nancy oversees the strategic marketing for all of the Hutson interests and monitors its real estate operations.

Nancy contributes many years of marketing acumen to The Hutson Companies. Her vast experience spans a career that started at The Walt Disney Company and includes stints as a top producing sales agent with both Century Construction and D.W. Hutson. Beyond that, she rose to demanding executive leadership positions with D.W. Hutson, Tompkins Heritage Group and Fortress Homes. Nancy has won design awards from Builder and Professional Builder magazines and an Energy Efficiency Award from the Northeast Florida Builder’s Association.

Cody Hutson joined the Hutson Companies in 2020 after graduating from Stetson University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He now handles acquisitions and sales for the Hutson Companies, with additional responsibilities including coordination of land development and business development.

Outside of his work at the Hutson Companies, Cody Hutson gives back to his community through his support of multiple non-profit groups. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of St. Augustine Youth Services.

Kim Bryan joined the Hutson Companies in 2022. Kim graduated Summa Cum Laude from Jacksonville University, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree. She is a licensed Underground Utility Contractor in both Florida and Georgia, and has a career history of active participation in industry associations where she has held many leadership positions. She has been the recipient of several awards honoring her leadership over the years, including NUCA’s ‘Chapter Award of Excellence for Outstanding Leadership by a Chapter President’ and twice awarded NUCA of Florida’s ‘J. Mitchell Ellington Award for Contractor Member of the Year’.

Kim has over 30 years of experience in the infrastructure construction industry. Her experience extends across all levels of land development in the residential, commercial, transportation and industrial markets. The specialties she brings to the Hutson Companies are technical analysis, construction management, cost control, value engineering, scheduling, estimating and training with an overall emphasis on fast track land development. Kim is also an experienced Corporate Executive, previously overseeing and directing multiple corporate departments including Business Development, Pre-Construction Services and Residential Operations. She is a well-regarded member of the infrastructure building community with valued long-time business relationships with many engineers, developers, contractors, vendors and subcontractors.

John Zakoske rejoined the Hutson Companies in 2025 as Vice President/Chief Financial Officer. John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the prestigious Claremont McKenna College in the greater Los Angeles area. He held numerous positions with the Lewis Group of Companies in California before moving to Jacksonville..

John served the Hutson Companies as VP/CFO before holding various senior leadership roles with large publicly traded homebuilding and development firms, most recently serving for over 20 years with D.R. Horton in multiple capacities. John brings over 30 years of extensive and broad-based experience in land feasibility and acquisition, development, negotiating large complicated transactions, homebuilding operations, financing and related real estate activities.

John Metcalf received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Missouri, his Master of the Arts degree in Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami. John was a partner in the law firm Pappas, Metcalf, Jenks, & Miller until it merged with Gunster Law Firm in 2011. He was a partner with Gunster until he joined the Hutson Companies in 2013. During his 32 years as an attorney in real estate and land use law, he represented the owners and developers of many of the areas premier development of regional impact including, Sawgrass, Julington Creek Plantation, Marsh Landing, World Golf Village, Palencia, Aberdeen, Durbin Crossing, OakLeaf, and SilverLeaf.

John currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Jacksonville, FL.

Beverly L. Cunningham, CPA joined the Hutson Companies and its affiliates as Controller in 2019. Beverly spent over 35 years in public accounting and the private sector prior to making the move to the Hutson Companies. She was an associate with Hannon & Associates, CPA’s where she worked for 31 years, providing professional accounting and tax services to the Hutson organization as well as numerous other clients. Beverly has extensive experience in the home building, development and real estate industry.

Beverly graduated from Jacksonville University with a degree in Accounting, and she is a member of both the American Institute and Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Billy graduated from the LCCC Forestry Program in 1990. He began his career with North Georgia Forest Products as its Procurement Forester in Rome, GA. In 1994, Billy joined Rayonier managing its timber production and land procurement in Flagler and St Johns counties, where he worked for over 30 years until he retired. In 2025, Billy left retirement and joined The Hutson Companies as our Land Manager.

Tania Chauncey joined the Hutson Companies in 2022. Tania spent a large part of her early career traveling the country as a military wife. During her travels, she served over 10 years as a US Navy Ombudsman to multiple overseas and stateside squadrons. Afterwards, she worked as an office manager for Hall Construction in Virginia, and was then the Executive Manager for Sunday Blue Box. As Executive Administrator, Tania serves as the administrative business partner for company leadership.