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SARA CLEMENTS

Sara Clements is a government affairs consultant based in Tallahassee, Florida with a strong background in PreK-12 education policy and not-for-profit work. She also has experience working in the areas of criminal justice, child welfare, postsecondary and workforce issues, healthcare, insurance, emergency management, financial services, and more.

6-10 years

Named a "30 Under 30 Rising Stars in Florida Politics" by Florida Politics in 2014

Strong relationships in the Florida Department of Education, as well as the chairs and staff of education policy and appropriations committees in both legislative chambers, and many other agencies and policy areas, including the Department of Children and Families, Department of Corrections, and more.

Sara has more than a decade of experience in education policy and government affairs, starting as a K-12 public school teacher. She thrives on helping clients achieve complex and challenging goals and has become a respected and trusted voice for education policy issues in Tallahassee.

Sara joined McGuireWoods Consulting in 2018 after six years of leading government affairs for nonprofits in Florida. Prior to MWC, Sara led external and legislative affairs for Step Up For Students, the largest K-12 scholarship funding organization in the nation. Before that, she was the Florida Legislative Affairs Director for the Foundation for Excellence in Education. In addition to education, Sara has experience in the areas of child welfare, criminal justice, juvenile justice, healthcare, insurance, and more.

In 2011, while still in the classroom, Sara was nominated for Orange County Public Schools Teacher of the Year award. By 2014, Sara was named one of "30 Under 30 Rising Stars" by Florida Politics, the state's predominant political news site.

Sara received her bachelor's degree in English Education from the University of North Florida in 2007 and her master's degree in Education Policy and Evaluation from Florida State University in 2014.

Sara is a member of Leadership Florida, the American Enterprise Institute's State Leadership Network, and co-founder of Lean In Tallahassee. In her spare time, she volunteers as a guardian ad litem in Florida's Second Judicial Circuit and fosters dogs through a local animal rescue organization. Sara lives in Tallahassee with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog.

Clients:

REGINA APPOLON

(New Jersey, )
  • 973-622-4444

  • Four Gateway Ctr 100 Mulberry St, Newark, NJ, 07102, 

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GUILLERMO ARTILES

(New Jersey, )
  • 973-622-4444

  • Four Gateway Ctr 100 Mulberry St, Newark, NJ, 07102, 

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  • 617-646-1000

  • 18 Tremont Street, SUITE 600,, SUITE 600, Boston, MA, 02108, 

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CHRISTIAN CALLEGARI

CHRISTIAN CALLEGARI

(New Jersey, )
  • 973-622-4444

  • Four Gateway Ctr 100 Mulberry St, Newark, NJ, 07102, 

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  • 617-646-1000

  • 18 Tremont Street, SUITE 600,, SUITE 600, Boston, MA, 02108, 

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MICHAEL DENNEHY

(New Hampshire, )
  • (603) 228-1601 17 Depot St Ste 3, Concord, NH 03301

  • 17 Depot St Ste 3, 17 Depot St Ste 3, CONCORD, NH, 03301, 

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AMY FREDERIKSEN

(Minnesota, )
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MICHAEL GEISELHART

(Indiana, )
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MICHAEL GEISELHART

(South Dakota, )
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MICHAEL GEISELHART

(Indiana, )
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JULIA GORTON

(Washington, )
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CLARE HESTER

(Mississippi, )
Clients:

1) Accelerate Learning, Inc.

2) American Medical Response

3) American Petroleum Institute

4) Americans for Lower Drug Prices

5) Assured Guaranty Inc.

6) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP and its Affiliates

7) Asurion

8) BDO Government Services, LLC

9) Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.

10) BetterLesson

11) Bitcoin Depot

12) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation

13) Caertwheel Care, Inc.

14) CAG Holdings, Inc. LLC, a Carlyle Company Company Name

15) Capitol Resources LLC

16) Catapult Learning

17) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

18) CHAMP Titles INC.

19) Cicero Action

20) Community Health Center Association of Mississippi, Inc.

21) Data Recognition Corporation

22) Delta Carbon USA

23) Diamondhead Water & Sewer District

24) Drax Group

25) Equifax, Inc.

26) Ergon, Inc.

27) Ernst & Young LLP

28) Exxon Mobil Corporation

29) Fortinet, Inc.

30) Gainwell Holding Corp.

31) Google LLC and its Affiliates

32) Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

33) Hazel Health

34) HB Strategies on behalf of Good Rx

35) Health Resources LLC

36) Ingalls Shipbuilding

37) Intervest Corp.

38) Kansas City Southern Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Kansas City and as CPKC, is wholly owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Kansas City Limited

39) Madison County Board of Supervisors

40) McLANE COMPANY, INC.

41) MedeAnalytics

42) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.

43) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

44) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

45) MGM Resorts International

46) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

47) Mississippi Association of REALTORS

48) Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers

49) Mississippi Business Alliance

50) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

51) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

52) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

53) Mississippi Counseling Association

54) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

55) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

56) Mississippi Optometric Association

57) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

58) Mississippi Physicians Care Network

59) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation

60) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists

61) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

62) Money Service Business Association, Inc.

63) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

64) National Mentor Holdings, LLC

65) National Rarities

66) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

67) NOLA Education,LLC

68) Ochsner Health System

69) OneImaging

70) Palantir Technologies Inc.

71) Panorama Education, Inc.

72) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

73) Reason Foundation

74) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

75) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

76) Robinhood Markets, Inc.

77) Safety and Advocacy for Empowerment (SAFE) Coalition

78) Samsara Inc.

79) Scholastic Inc

80) SecurityScorecard, Inc.

81) Sharecare

82) SHI International

83) SimpliGov LLC

84) Singing River Health System

85) SitelogIQ LLC

86) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

87) Southern Renewable Energy Association

88) Spire Mississippi Inc.

89) State Shield Action

90) STChealth LLC

91) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

92) Strategic Communications

93) Teaching Strategies

94) The Learning Internet, Inc. DBA Learning.com

95) The Magee Foundation

96) The University of Southern Mississippi

97) Thrivist

98) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

99) Turo Inc.

100) Twenty Labs, LLC dba Healthy Together

101) Uber Technologies, Inc.

102) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

103) Universal Health Services, Inc.

104) Vulcan Technologies, Inc

105) Wayne Halfway House, Inc.

106) Wonderschool

107) Workday

108) yes. every. kid

109) Youth Villages

  • 617-646-1000

  • 18 Tremont Street, SUITE 600,, Suite 600, Boston, MA, 02108, 

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  • 617-646-1000

  • 18 Tremont Street, SUITE 600,, SUITE 600, Boston, MA, 02108, 

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HAYDEN LASATER

(Alabama, )
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MICHAEL MAITLAND

(New Jersey, )
  • 973-622-4444

  • Four Gateway Ctr 100 Mulberry St, Newark, NJ, 07102, 

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RAGEN MARSH

(Georgia, )
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  • 617-646-1000

  • 18 Tremont Street, SUITE 600,, SUITE 600, Boston, MA, 02108, 

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WILLIAM PALATUCCI

(New Jersey, )
  • 973-622-4444

  • Four Gateway Ctr 100 Mulberry St, Newark, NJ, 07102, 

Clients:
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  • 617-646-1000

  • 18 Tremont Street, SUITE 600,, SUITE 600, Boston, MA, 02108, 

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  • 973-622-4444

  • Four Gateway Ctr 100 Mulberry St, Newark, NJ, 07102, 

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