(404) 245-3470
50 HURT PLAZA SOUTHEAST, 800, ATLANTA, GA, 30303,
GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group focuses on identifying, developing, and securing relationships between clients and government. It provides comprehensive strategic representation for clients by utilizing broad-based expertise in governmental affairs. The firm monitors legislation and creates opportunities for a diverse clientele that includes Fortune 500 companies, state associations, small entrepreneurs, professional groups, and local government.
Firm Specialties:
GeorgiaLink has a client base with a broad range of interests. Its special focus has been in environmental, gaming, healthcare, telecommunications and banking.
2) ABM BUILDING SOLUTIONS, INC.
4) APPRISS
5) ATTORNEY`S TITLE GUARANTY FUND, INC.
6) CHILDREN`S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA
7) CINTRA
9) COALITION FOR IGNITION INTERLOCK MANUFACTURERS
10) COMCAST
11) CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS, INC.
12) COUNCIL OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES
13) CVS HEALTH
14) DEERFIELD ESTATES, LLC DBA DEERFIELD FARMS
15) DLRDMV
16) ENCOMPASS HEALTH
17) ENVOLVE
19) GA SENIOR LIVING ASSOCIATION
21) GEORGIA ATHLETIC TRAINERS ASSOCIATION
23) GEORGIA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
24) GEORGIA BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION
25) GEORGIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
26) GEORGIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION (GGCSA)
27) GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
31) GEORGIA PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION (PGA)
34) GEORGIA STATE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION (GSGA)
35) GEORGIALINK PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP
36) GREENBERGTAURIG
37) KOCH COMPANIES PUBLIC SECTOR, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
38) LENDINGPOINT
39) MACRO COMPANIES
40) MAPLEBEAR INC. (D/B/A INSTACART)
41) MEDNAX
43) MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, LLC
44) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITY COMPANIES
45) NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
46) NECCO
48) PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP
49) PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA (PHRMA)
50) PHYTEST
53) PULL A PART
54) PURECYCLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
57) SCHOLARPATH
58) SCI MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
62) VALLAMBROSA PLANTATION, LLC
65) WARNER ROBINS
John S. "Trip" Martin, III is the founder of GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group. GeorgiaLink is a governmental affairs consulting firm which has been recognized by James magazine seventeen years in a row as the top lobbying firm in the state of Georgia. Mr. Martin began his Government Affairs career in 1981 as the Director of State Government Affairs in Georgia for Southern Bell. In 1986, he was promoted to the position of Director of Legislative Affairs for BellSouth in Washington, D.C. where his major responsibilities included the development and implementation of strategies for dealing with Congress on national telecommunications policy issues. He has served as the Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Southeastern Public Affairs Council and was a participant in the Leadership Georgia Class of 1983. He is the former Vice President of the University of Georgia National Alumni Association. Mr. Martin currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Advocacy Group, an international network of lobbying firms with offices in forty-eight states. Trip is married to Julie Brown, a native of Atlanta and President & CEO of Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone. Trip and Julie split their time between residences in Atlanta and Blue Ridge, Georgia, where he is a licensed realtor with the Blue Ridge office of Premier Mountain & Lake Property, Inc., and owns and operates Big Creek Alpaca Farms. Trip has three grown children and five granddaughters.
(404) 659 - 0001
50 HURT PLAZA, SUITE # 800, ATLANTA, GA, 30303,
2) ABM BUILDING SOLUTIONS, INC.
4) APPRISS
5) ATTORNEY`S TITLE GUARANTY FUND, INC.
7) CHILDREN`S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA
8) CINTRA
10) COALITION FOR IGNITION INTERLOCK MANUFACTURERS
11) CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS, INC.
12) COUNCIL OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES
13) CVS HEALTH
14) DEERFIELD ESTATES, LLC DBA DEERFIELD FARMS
15) DLRDMV
16) ENCOMPASS HEALTH
17) ENVOLVE
19) GA SENIOR LIVING ASSOCIATION
21) GEORGIA ATHLETIC TRAINERS ASSOCIATION
22) GEORGIA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
23) GEORGIA BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION
24) GEORGIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
25) GEORGIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION (GGCSA)
26) GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
30) GEORGIA PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION (PGA)
33) GEORGIA STATE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION (GSGA)
34) GEORGIALINK PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP
35) GREENBERGTAURIG
36) KOCH COMPANIES PUBLIC SECTOR, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES
37) LENDINGPOINT
38) MACRO COMPANIES
39) MAPLEBEAR INC. (D/B/A INSTACART)
40) MEDNAX
42) MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, LLC
43) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITY COMPANIES
44) NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
45) NECCO
47) PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP
48) PHYTEST
51) PULL A PART
52) PURECYCLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
55) SCHOLARPATH
56) SCI MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
57) SI GROUP CLIENT SERVICES (SIGCS)
61) VALLAMBROSA PLANTATION, LLC
64) WARNER ROBINS
Arthur B. "Skin" Edge, IV is engaged in Governmental Relations and Consulting. Prior to joining GeorgiaLink, Mr. Edge served in the Georgia State Senate (1986-1996) and was Minority Leader of the Senate from 1992-1996. Mr. Edge served on the Appropriations, Special Judiciary (Chairman), Public Utilities and Health committees in the Senate. He also served on the Legislative Fiscal Affairs Committee and the Code Revisions Committee. Georgia Trend Magazine named Edge as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in Georgia." He was voted "The Top Registered Lobbyist in Georgia in 2018" in a poll of legislators, state officials and lobbyists. He was also named by Business to Business Magazine as one of "The Ten Most Influential People under the Gold Dome." He is a graduate of the University of Georgia (BBA 1977) and the University of Georgia School of Law (J.D. 1980). He was a participant in the Leadership Georgia Class of 1988. Skin and his wife, Bambi, have three children and six grandchildren. They reside in Newnan, Georgia.
