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David Browning is one of Florida's top political campaign operatives. David has worked with Florida's most powerful elected officials and brings a new dimension to Southern Strategy Group's team of lobbyists in Tallahassee. David was instrumental in raising millions of dollars for campaign war chests in the 2010 election cycle for Governor Rick Scott. David also worked for Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and set fundraising records for those campaigns. Fundraiser, strategist, and confidante, David is among a handful of insiders who help guide candidates to victory in Florida.

David has been equally busy helping the legislative branch. David served as the chief fundraiser for Speaker Dean Cannon. David's responsibilities included raising money for Speaker Cannon's personal campaign, as well as working with House leadership to raise money for the House Republican Caucus. Through these efforts, the Florida House returned 81 republican members giving them a supermajority.

In the Florida Senate David represented Senate President Mike Haridopolos and Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner. David worked with Senator John Thrasher who was elected in a highly contested special election. David brings his unique expertise to the Tallahassee team and offers our clients unprecedented insight into the workings of state government.

David is a graduate of Florida State University with a degree in Political Science.

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SYDNEY RIDLEY

(Florida, )

The Southern Group

ridley@sostrategy.com
(850) 671-4401
Po Box 10570, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-2570,

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1) Acree JV, LLC

2) Advantage Capital Management Corporation

3) Airbnb, Inc.

4) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates

5) Aucilla Research Institute, Inc.

6) Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC

7) Breeders Cup

8) Cabot Citrus OpCo, LLC

9) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC

10) City of Plant City

11) Clay County District Schools

12) College Board, The

13) Curo Health Services, LLC dba Gentiva

14) Daytona State College Foundation, Inc

15) Desoto County Board of Commissioners

16) Dex Imaging Inc.

17) Dixie Board of Public Education/Dixie District School Board

18) Dream Finders Homes, LLC

19) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

20) Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.

21) Ernst & Young LLP

22) Estuary LLC.

23) Florida Beer Wholesalers Association

24) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc

25) Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation

26) FortiFi Financial, Inc.

27) Harrell's, LLC

28) Hillsborough Community College Foundation, Inc.

29) I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, Inc

30) ImageTrend

31) IMG Academy LLC

32) Independence Landing

33) Indian River State College Foundation, Inc.

34) Junior Achievement of Florida Foundation, Inc.

35) JWB Real Estate Capital

36) Kettler

37) Metropolitan Ministries

38) Mote Marine Laboratory

39) Museum of Science & History

40) OCEARCH

41) Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine

42) Pier B Development

43) Polk County Sheriff's Office

44) Putnam County

45) Sarasota County Government

46) Second Harvest of the Big Bend

47) South Central Florida Express, Inc

48) Southeastern Grocers, LLC

49) Southeastern University

50) Southern Gardens Citrus Groves Corporation

51) Southern Gardens Citrus Holding Corporation

52) Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery Corporation

53) Tampa Bay Rays

54) Tampa Electric Company

55) TECO Energy, Inc

56) The Gasparilla Inn & Club

57) The Nemours Foundation

58) The Southern Group

59) Town of Belleair

60) United States Sugar Corporation

61) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

62) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.

63) Windstream Communications

64) Workday, Inc.

65) WW International, Inc.

Sydney Ridley brings years of legislative and political experience to Southern Strategy Group's Tampa Bay office. Sydney spent the past four years as the Chief Legislative Aide to House Majority Leader Dana Young, where she directed all priority policy and budget initiatives. Sydney's time as staff was at the highest level of the Florida House of Representatives, and she brings unmatched relationships with legislative staff, agency heads, and elected officials.

A political pro in Tampa Bay with extensive campaign management experience, Sydney guided Senator Dana Young to successive electoral victories in the Florida House and spearheaded her subsequent election to the Florida Senate. Sydney's political expertise, particularly in the Tampa Bay area, serves as a great strategic asset to our clients. In addition to her work with Senator Young, Sydney has served as both a political director and a field director on various Congressional and State Senate campaigns.

Born and raised in Tampa, Sydney is a third-generation Floridian, a graduate of the University of Virginia, a Florida Gator at heart, and a lover of history, golf, music, and football.