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STEPHEN SUSANO

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STEPHEN SUSANO

(Tennessee, )

Stones River Group

stephen.susano@stonesrivergroup.com
615-645-0233
511 Union Street, Suite 1100, Nashville, TN, 37219,

Stephen Susano is the Co-Founder and COO of Stones River Group, a Nashville-based public affairs firm serving both Tennessee, regional and national clients. He provides clients with strategic counsel on business opportunities and project management, regulatory matters, procurement, economic development, third-party engagement, and market positioning. Stephen leverages his lengthy private-sector experience and deep network of relationships with business leaders and key policymakers in state and local government across Tennessee to deliver solutions for clients in multiple industries.

1) Advantage Capital

2) Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc.

3) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC

4) BusPatrol America LLC

5) Campaign for Great Public Schools dba as City Fund Action

6) Capitol Towers Ltd.

7) Care Advantage, Inc.

8) CFKAA Holdings, LLC

9) CHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF ART

10) CMH Services Inc.

11) Communities In Schools of Tennessee

12) Critical Nurse Staffing, LLC

13) DELTA DENTAL OF TN

14) DGA Residential LLC

15) Emerald Youth Foundation

16) Energy Systems Group, LLC

17) Ernst & Young LLP

18) Esper Regulatory Technologies Inc.

19) Family First, Inc.

20) Geographic Solutions, Inc

21) Graduation Alliance, Inc

22) Guardian Fleet Services, Inc.

23) INGRAM INDUSTRIES, INC.

24) Kalkomey Enterprises LLC

25) Kleo, Inc. d/b/a ClassWallet

26) Knox County

27) Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc.

28) Koch Government Affairs, LLC and Affiliates

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Stephen Susano is the Co-Founder and COO of Stones River Group, a Nashville-based public affairs firm serving both Tennessee, regional and national clients. He provides clients with strategic counsel on business opportunities and project management, regulatory matters, procurement, economic development, third-party engagement, and market positioning. Stephen leverages his lengthy private-sector experience and deep network of relationships with business leaders and key policymakers in state and local government across Tennessee to deliver solutions for clients in multiple industries.

Prior to Stones River Group, Stephen served as Executive Director of the Tennessee Business Partnership (TBP), an advocacy organization supported by many of the state's leading enterprises. He spearheaded its efforts to advance pro-business policies, including education and judicial reforms, to encourage job growth and economic development. In 2014, Stephen led the statewide "Vote Yes on 2" campaign in support of the Judicial Selection Amendment to the Tennessee constitution. Stephen built a broad coalition of business groups, trade associations, legal advocates and community leaders in favor of the amendment. This coalition's successful mobilization helped ensure the amendment was approved with overwhelming support, carrying 94 out of 95 counties in Tennessee

Prior to working in the public affairs space, Stephen had an extensive career in the financial services industry. He served in operating and business development roles for several investment advisers and asset management firms. He has consulted with and raised capital for both U.S. and foreign-based investment firms, and has negotiated distribution and trading agreements with multiple financial services companies. Through his work, Stephen navigated complex regulatory regimes in domestic and offshore jurisdictions

Stephen grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee and currently lives in Brentwood with his wife, Ana. He and Ana have four children. Stephen serves on the board of the Nashville Downtown Partnership.

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DAVID SMITH

(New Jersey, )

Princeton Public Affairs Group Inc

smith@ppag.com
(609) 209-7780
160 W State St, Trenton, NJ, 08608,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website, TAG Profile

Princeton Public Affairs Group, the largest government affairs firm in New Jersey, is a multifaceted organization specializing in government relations and communications in New Jersey. We have offices in Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. with an unparalleled network of contacts throughout the state. The strength of our firm derives from the diverse backgrounds of the firm's partners and associates which include a former President of the New Jersey Senate, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, Counsel to the Governor, Chief Counsel to the General Assembly and several former Directors of the Legislature.

Firm Specialties:
An accomplished bipartisan staff between our Trenton, New Jersey and Washington, DC offices ensures that our clients are well represented on both sides of the political aisle and at all levels of government. The mix and wealth of experience among our professionals provides for expertise in all areas of public policy.

Whatever the task: working our way through the permitting process, delivering a change in a regulation or orchestrating the introduction and passage of major legislation, we've done it.

Wherever the setting: before a Legislative Committee or in the Office of the Governor, we've been there.

Whomever the players: the Commissioner of a State Department, a key Committee aide, the Legislative leadership or the Chief of Staff, we know them.

And each and every one of our clients is assured the benefit of that expertise. You see, at the Princeton Public Affairs Group, our philosophy dictates that each of our clients works with a firm partner. There are no junior executives. This is one of the qualities which separates us from other firms. It gives our clients the best we have. And it works.

1) 180 Turning Lives Around

2) Active Hours Inc dba Earnin

3) Actors Fund Home

4) Adler Aphasia Center

5) Advantage Capital Partners

6) Advocates for Children of NJ

7) Allstate Insurance Co

8) Altria Client Services LCC and its Affiliates/Philip Morris USA Inc

9) Altria Client Services LLC

10) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/Helix Innovations LLC

11) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/John Middleton Co

12) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/NJOY LLC

13) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates/US Smokeless Tobacco Co

14) American Association of Dental Boards

15) American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers

16) American Kratom Association

17) American Massage Therapy Association NJ Chapter

18) American Specialty Health

19) American Suntanning Association

20) American Water Works Association of NJ

21) American Wood Council

22) Ancestry.com Operations Inc.

23) Ardent Health Services

24) Arista Networks

25) AshBritt Environmental Inc

26) Association of Environmental Authorities

27) Association of Municipal Assessors of NJ The

28) Asurion LLC

29) Atlas Diagnostics

30) Avaya Inc

31) Aveanna Healthcare

32) Balcony Technology Group Inc.

33) Bayview Marina

34) Beacon Specialized Living NJ

35) Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative

36) Bet Makers

37) Beth Medrash Govoha

38) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal and Northern New Jersey

39) Binti Inc

40) BLANKROME

41) Boardwalk 1000 LLC d/b/a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City

42) Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

43) Brief

44) Britton Industries Inc

45) Brown & Connery LLP

46) BusPatrol America LLC

47) Care Options for Kids

48) CareWell Health Center, formerly BMC Hospital LLC

49) Cedar Management

50) Chauffeured Transportation Assoc. of NJ rebranded from Limousine Assoc. of NJ

51) Cheshire Home

52) Cigna Corporate Services LLC

53) Coach USA

54) Coalition for Equitable Early Education

55) Coalition of County SPCAs

56) Commission on Dental Competency Assessments

57) CompCare Therapeutics Inc

58) Concentra Medical Centers

59) Concord Engineering Group

60) Constitutional Officers Association of NJ

61) Consumer Technology Association

62) Continent 8 LLC

63) Conventus Inter-Insurance Exchange

64) Council for Private Schools for Children with Special Needs

65) County of Essex

66) CSL Behring

67) Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

68) DaVita Inc.

69) DCI Group AZ LLC

70) Deborah Heart & Lung Center

71) Delta Dental Plan of NJ Inc

72) DMR Architects PC

73) Doherty Group (The)/Doherty Enterprises

74) Duke Farms Foundation

75) Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters

76) Educational Services Commission of NJ (formerly Middlesex Regional Educational Services Commission)

77) EFK Group

78) ElectroBills Healthcare Solutions

79) Enterprise Holdings

80) Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company

81) F & D Enterprises LLC

82) Fair Funding for Students

83) Fedway Associates

84) Fieldstone Properties LLC

85) Financial Services Institute

86) Fontana Law Group LLC d/b/a Crimson Legal Group

87) Fox Hollow Golf Partners LLC

88) Frank Ruocco

89) Garden State Coalition of Schools

90) Genentech Inc, a Member of the Roche Group

91) Giggl Childcare

92) Golden Nugget, The

93) Google LLC and its Affiliates

94) Gordian Group The

95) Gourmet Dining

96) GPD Holdings LLC d/b/a CoinFlip

97) Harmony Foundation of NJ

98) HG Vora Capital Management LLC

99) Highlands Rowing Center Inc.

100) Hillsborough Crossings LLC

101) Hope Christian Services

102) Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

103) iGamingCloud Limited

104) Inseparable Action Inc

105) Insurance Auto Auctions

106) Integrity Health

107) Intersection Parent LLC f/k/a Intersection Media LLC

108) JNESO

109) John P Holland Charter School

110) Junior Achievement of New Jersey

111) Justice Grown JG New Jersey LLC

112) Kemper Realty Inc

113) LeadingAge New Jersey and Delaware

114) Lefrak

115) Lightspeed Solutions LLC d/b/a Lightspeed Systems formerly STOPit Solutions

116) Lilly USA LLC

117) Line Gaming Holdings Corporation

118) LINY Investor LLC

119) Live Traffic Data LLC

120) Lotto.com

121) Lottoland Ltd

122) Maersk Inc

123) Magellan Healthcare Inc.

124) Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council USA

125) Manheim NJ

126) Marino Tortorella & Boyle PC

127) Mark43

128) Matheny Medical and Educational Center

129) Maven Construction Corp.

130) McCarter Theater Center

131) Metlife

132) Micro Electronics Inc

133) Mid Atlantic Joint Labor Management Council

134) Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC

135) Modivcare

136) Molson Coors Beverage Company

137) Morris & Clara Weshank Family Foundation

138) Morris View Management LLC

139) Motorola Solutions Inc

140) MSD LLC

141) National Assoc. of Benefits & Insurance Professionals of NJ

142) National Association of Social Workers NJ Chapter

143) National Electrical Contractors Association - Northern New Jersey Chapter

144) National Strategies LLC / Compass Pathways

145) National Strategies LLC/Knox Company

146) National Strategies LLC/ReUp Education

147) Natural Products Association

148) NBC Universal Media LLC

149) Nemours Foundation, The

150) Neosurf

151) New Bridge Medical Center

152) New Brunswick Development Corp dba DEVCO

153) New Jersey Interactive LLC dba Tyler New Jersey

154) Newark Opportunity Youth Network

155) NJ Air Conditioning Contractors of America

156) NJ Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

157) NJ Association of Election Officials

158) NJ Association of Nurse Anesthetists

159) NJ Catholic Conference

160) NJ Civil Justice Institute

161) NJ Coalition of Automotive Retailers (NJCAR)

162) NJ Codes Coalition Municipal Electrical Inspectors Association of NJ

163) NJ Energy Coalition

164) NJ Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board

165) NJ Funeral Directors Services Inc

166) NJ Hall of Fame

167) NJ Institute of Technology

168) NJ Liquor Store Alliance

169) NJ Manufactured Housing Association

170) NJ Marijuana Retailers Association (NJMRA)

171) NJ Municipal Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund - MELJIF

172) NJ Press Association

173) NJ Private School Council

174) NJ Restaurant and Hospitality Association formerly NJ Restaurant Association

175) NJ School Bus Contractors Association Inc

176) NJ School Counselors Association

177) NJ Society of Certified Public Accountants

178) NJ State Association of Pipe Trades

179) NJ State League of Master Plumbers

180) NJ State Nurses Association

181) NJ State Troopers Fraternal Association

182) NJ Thoroughbred Horsemens Association

183) NJ Veterinary Medical Association

184) NJ Wholesale Marketers Association

185) NJ Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Association

186) Nucor Corporation

187) Nulli Secundus Health Inc.

188) Nulli Secundus Health Inc. dba Birches Health

189) NW Financial Group LLC

190) Oddin.gg US LLC formerly Oddin.gg.s.r.o

191) OneMain General Services Corporation

192) Ora Apps Inc and its subsidiary company CNK Management Inc

193) PalCare

194) Palo Alto Networks Inc

195) Partnership for a Drug Free NJ

196) PennEast Pipeline Co LLC

197) Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC

198) PNC Bank

199) PRA Group Inc

200) Prevenitas

201) Princeton Public Affairs Group

202) Pro League Network

203) Progress NJ

204) Progyny

205) Prologis LP

206) Propelus

207) PSE&G Co

208) Public Consulting Group LLC

209) Public Entity Joint Insurance Fund (PEJIF)

210) REED Academy

211) Responsible Beverage Association of New Jersey

212) Rising Pharmaceuticals

213) Roblox Corporation

214) Roche Diagnostics Corporation

215) Rush Street Interactive

216) RWJ Barnabas Health

217) Ryan LLC

218) Safepoint Scientific

219) Safety First Healthcare Corp

220) Salon Suites Association of New Jersey

221) SAS Institute Inc

222) Savannah Energy

223) Secured Finance Network (SFNet)

224) Service Contract Industry Council

225) Sherwin-Williams Co

226) Smart Product Innovations Inc.

227) Solar Landscape

228) Somerset Development

229) SoulFlora

230) Southern & Northern NJ Maternal & Child Health Consortiums

231) Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

232) Special Children's Center The

233) Spencer Savings Bank

234) St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Inc.

235) State Troopers NCO Association of NJ

236) Strategos Public Affairs LLC for Mantra Health Inc.

237) Syensqo Finance (America) LLC formerly Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC

238) TD Bank NA

239) Teachers of Tomorrow

240) Tenax Strategies Inc

241) Thomson West

242) Township of Readington

243) Traveling Vineyards

244) Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

245) Turnbull Law Group

246) United Airlines Inc

247) United Way of Hunterdon County

248) Univision Communications Inc

249) US Facilities Inc

250) USA Architects Corp

251) Utility and Transportation Contractors Association (UTCA)

252) Valley Hospital

253) Vertical Bridge

254) Vertical Bridge REIT LLC

255) Waymo LLC

256) Wellcare Health Plans Inc., a subsidiary of Centene Corporation

257) West Publishing Co

258) Western LNG LLC

259) WPT Enterprises inc.

DAVID A. SMITH is a partner in the Princeton Public Affairs Group, is a veteran of the public affairs arena and has successfully managed public affairs campaigns impacting auto insurance, life insurance, tort reform and environmental legislative initiatives. Mr. Smith received national acclaim when he was honored with a ""Pollie Award"" by the American Association of Political Consultants and named to their United States ""Public Affairs Team of the Year." Mr. Smith was also named one of the most influential players in New Jersey's Healthcare arena by the Annual HealthSense Listing. Since 2005, Mr. Smith has been a Commissioner on the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission (nominated by the Governor for two separate four year terms and confirmed by the NJ Senate) and currently serves as an Officer on the Commission (Secretary). Mr. Smith serves on the National Board of Directors of the Public Affairs Council, and was one of the few contract lobbyists in the Country to be appointed to a National Task Force charged with creating ethical standard for lobbyists throughout the United States. Mr. Smith is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of ProtectingAmerica.org, an advocacy organization Co-chaired by James Lee Witt, former Cabinet member under President Clinton and Admiral James Loy, Deputy Director of Homeland Security under President Bush. Mr. Smith also serves as an Officer (1st Vice President) of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Foundation Board of Directors and also serves on the Executive Committee (Secretary) of The Advocacy Group (TAG). Finally, Mr. Smith serves on the Board of Directors as an officer (Treasurer) of the State Capitol Insurance Company RRG, the first professional liability company for lobbyists headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mr. Smith has appeared on television and radio stations representing clients' interests, authored dozens of articles on politics/policy issues in New Jersey and is a frequent guest speaker/lecturer at national and state conferences, legislative hearings, meetings and seminars. He has been a consultant to statewide and legislative political campaigns and is a member of the Executive Finance Committee of the Assembly Democratic Leadership Committee as well as the New Jersey State Democratic Committee. Prior to joining the firm in 1995, Mr. Smith served as Director of Policy and Planning for the New Jersey General Assembly Democratic Office. In that capacity, Mr. Smith supervised the partisan staff of all Assembly Committees and Task Forces while serving as senior staff aide to the insurance and commerce legislative committees. He was a Director with the New Jersey Dental Association from 1985 to 1990 and served on several national and state health care and insurance advisory committees.

Mr. Smith was awarded a Master of Science in Financial Services (MSFS) Degree from the Richard D. Irwin Graduate School of The American College. He is a Graduate Fellow of the Public Affairs Institute, a three year educational program of the Public Affairs Council located in Washington, DC. Mr. Smith also graduated with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Political Science from Gettysburg College.

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CHRIS GOBBLE

(Tennessee, )

Stones River Group

chris.gobble@stonesrivergroup.com
615-645-0233
511 Union Street, Suite 1100, Nashville, TN, 37219,

Chris Gobble is a respected government affairs specialist with deep issue expertise and a broad base of policymaker and stakeholder relationships. He leverages his insights into the state General Assembly, Tennessee executive branch, and local governments to help SRG clients navigate complex political challenges and effectively advance meaningful policy solutions. Prior to joining SRG, Chris served as senior director of public policy for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce and was the legislative and policy director for the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security under Governor Bill Haslam.

1) Acadia Healthcare

2) ACT Education Corp.

3) Advantage Capital

4) Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc.

5) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC

6) Blount Partnership

7) BusPatrol America LLC

8) Campaign for Great Public Schools dba as City Fund Action

9) Care Advantage, Inc.

10) CFKAA Holdings, LLC

11) CG of Tennessee LLC

12) CMH Services Inc.

13) Communities In Schools of Tennessee

14) CooperSurgical

15) Critical Nurse Staffing, LLC

16) Curriculum Associates, LLC

17) DELTA DENTAL OF TN

18) DGA Residential LLC

19) Emerald Youth Foundation

20) Ernst & Young LLP

21) Esper Regulatory Technologies Inc.

22) FACT

23) Family First, Inc.

24) Fertility Providers Alliance

25) Geographic Solutions, Inc

26) Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc.

27) Graduation Alliance, Inc

28) Greater Nashville Regional Council

29) Guardian Fleet Services, Inc.

30) INGRAM INDUSTRIES, INC.

31) Jackson Madison County School System

32) Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee

33) Kalkomey Enterprises LLC

34) Knox County

35) Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc.

36) Koch Government Affairs, LLC and Affiliates

37) L3Harris Technologies

38) MARK43 INC

39) Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc

40) Memphis Shelby Crime Commission

41) Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority

42) Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

43) Nashville Soccer Holdings, LLC

44) Opportunity Tennessee

45) PathGroup

46) PowerSchool Group LLC

47) Salesforce, Inc.

48) SAS Institute Inc.

49) SH Advisors LLC

50) SME Education Foundation

51) Southeastern University, Inc

52) Southern College of Optometry

53) SWVP NYards Services Company LLC

54) Tech901

55) Tennessee Charter School Center

56) The Adoption Project

57) The United Company

58) TN Development District Assn

59) Tremco CPG Inc.

60) Uptown Property Holdings LLC

61) WASTE MANAGEMENT

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Chris Gobble is a respected government affairs specialist with deep issue expertise and a broad base of policymaker and stakeholder relationships. He leverages his insights into the state General Assembly, Tennessee executive branch, and local governments to help SRG clients navigate complex political challenges and effectively advance meaningful policy solutions.

Prior to joining SRG, Chris served as senior director of public policy for the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, where he helped drive policy changes and facilitate government affairs efforts for 2,000 businesses representing over 180,000 employees. He also regularly and effectively collaborated with local, state, and federal elected officials to advance Chattanooga's status as a leader in education, workforce, and economic development.

Prior to Gobble's tenure in Chattanooga, he was the legislative and policy director for the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security. In this role, Gobble worked closely with Governor Bill Haslam's office and the state legislature to develop and implement a variety of public policy initiatives.

Originally from Bradley County, Chris earned a B.A. in Political Science and Communications from Lipscomb University. He and his wife Sarah live in Nashville.