1) Alliance For Responsible Consumer Legal Funding
2) Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas, Inc.
4) Blue Water Industries Florida LLC
8) Confianz Global Inc. DBA StackBench
9) Dealer Services Network, LLC
11) Firstfloor, Inc.
12) GL Partners, Inc
13) HeyTutor Inc.
14) Hillpointe Construction LLC
15) Inspected
21) Mooresville Btr Developers, LLC
24) North Carolina Troopers Association
26) Platinum Entertainment Services
28) Preformed Line Products (PLP)
29) Prestige Land &, Site Works
31) RedSpeed USA
34) SeatGeek, Inc.
36) Starmount Healthcare Management
38) The Canopy Owner, LPV, LLC
39) TickPick, LLC
40) Town of Troutman
41) Treenail Development, Inc.
42) Vapor Technology Association
44) Windstream Services, LLC on behalf of its operating companies in NC
45) Yes. Every Kid.
46) Z Data, Inc.
2021 NC Top 25 Lobbyist
2019 NCED Leadership Award
Kevin Wilkinson joined The Southern Group in 2024, expanding the firm's footprint in Raleigh, North Carolina. He brings extensive legislative and executive experience from roles in both the public and private sectors.
As a proud North Carolinian, Kevin's professional path has been largely dedicated to molding and promoting key policies at local, state, and national levels. From 2016 to 2019, he held leadership roles in North Carolina's public education sector. First, as the Chief of Staff and Legislative Director to the N.C. State Superintendent at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, then later as the Executive Director of External Affairs at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. In these roles, Kevin helped design and gather support for the organization's policy priorities and initiatives.
Before that, Kevin served as a Policy Advisor to Senator Robert Bryan. He led and implemented several education reforms and staffed various committees such as Appropriations, Education, Judiciary, Pension, and Retirement. Kevin also worked on Capitol Hill as a staff member for U.S. Representative Robert Pittenger, supporting and advocating for the needs of constituents across his district.
Most recently, Kevin took his experience in North Carolina's government to the private sector, serving as SVP of Government Affairs at EQV Strategic. In that capacity, Kevin worked directly with policymakers on the state and federal levels to advocate for his clients. His range of policy areas includes education, economic and business development, technology, transportation, telecommunications, healthcare, gaming, sports, and local government.
Outside his day-to-day work, Kevin uses his expertise to give back to his community as Vice Chair of the Board of Visitors for Appalachian State University.
Kevin has received numerous awards and recognition for his work, including being named one of the top lobbyists in North Carolina by the North State Journal since 2020 and receiving the North Carolina Education Leadership Award in 2018.
Kevin studied political science and economics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and earned an M.B.A. from Liberty University. He resides in Raleigh with his wife Megan and their daughter Margot.
(215) 238-3000
222 N Person St, Suite 203, Raleigh, NC, 27601,
1) Alliance For Responsible Consumer Legal Funding
2) Aramark Correctional Services, LLC
3) Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas, Inc.
7) Confianz Global Inc. DBA StackBench
8) Dealer Services Network, LLC
12) Firstfloor, Inc.
13) GL Partners, Inc
14) HeyTutor Inc.
15) Hillpointe Construction LLC
16) Inspected
22) North Carolina Troopers Association
24) Platinum Entertainment Services
26) Preformed Line Products (PLP)
27) Prestige Land &, Site Works
29) RedSpeed USA
32) SeatGeek, Inc.
33) Starmount Healthcare Management
35) Town of Troutman
36) United States Performance Center LLC
37) Vapor Technology Association
40) Yes. Every Kid.
41) Z Data, Inc.
(864) 616-9696
222 N Person St, Suite 203, Raleigh, NC, 27601,
1) Aramark Correctional Services, LLC
2) Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas, Inc.
7) Confianz Global Inc. DBA StackBench
8) Dealer Services Network, LLC
11) Firstfloor, Inc.
12) HeyTutor Inc.
13) Hillpointe Construction LLC
14) Inspected
18) North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation
19) North Carolina Troopers Association
21) Preformed Line Products (PLP)
23) RedSpeed USA
25) SeatGeek, Inc.
26) Securly, Inc.
28) Starmount Healthcare Management
30) Windstream Services, LLC on behalf of its operating companies in NC
31) Yes. Every Kid.
32) Z Data, Inc.
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., Ste 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301,
2) ABC Institute Apprenticeship College
3) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC
7) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.
10) Atkins North America, Inc.
12) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC
14) Brandt Information Services
15) Broward College Foundation
16) Broward County
18) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.
19) CDR Maguire
21) Cicero Action
22) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC
27) Coalition for Home Equity Partnership
28) Cody Khan
30) Coventry
32) CVS Health and All Affiliates
33) Cypress Creek Leaseholder LLC
35) DialCare, LLC.
39) Elevated, LLC
41) Emovis USA, Inc.
42) Environmental Resilient Communities LLC
43) Facing History & Ourselves, Inc.
44) Field of Dreams
45) Florida Alliance for Seniors
46) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals
47) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
48) Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Inc.
49) Florida Community Financial Services Association
50) Florida Credit Union Association
51) Florida Electric Cooperatives Association
52) Florida Institute of Technology
53) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.
54) Florida Power & Light Company
55) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association
56) Florida Realtors
57) Florida Surplus Lines Association
58) Fox Corporation
59) Gartner, Inc.
60) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve
61) Haleon Consumer Healthcare
62) Hillpointe, LLC
64) INSIGHTEC
65) K9s for Warriors
66) Kalshi Inc.
68) Life Science Logistics, LLC
69) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.
70) Loggerhead Marinelife Center
71) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.
73) Memorial Healthcare System
75) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
76) National Speech & Debate Association
77) Neal Communities
79) Nile Inc.
81) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC
82) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.
83) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
85) Orlando Health
86) Palm Beach Atlantic University
88) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
89) Palm Beach Zoo
90) Paypal
92) PCI Gaming
93) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.
94) Place of Hope
95) Polk County Board of County Commissioners
96) Primerica, Inc.
97) PrizePicks
98) Project LIFT
100) Quintessence Marine, Inc.
101) RAI Services Company
102) Redwood Dev Co, LLC
103) RELX Inc.
104) Renaissance Learning, Inc.
105) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
106) Ryan, LLC
107) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.
108) SaferWatch, LLC
109) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida
110) SAI Interactive
111) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
112) Sellers Dorsey
114) St. Petersburg College Foundation
115) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.
116) Starkey Hearing Technologies
119) Tamiami 137, LLC
120) The Center for Arts & Innovation, Inc.
121) The City of Miami
122) The City of Venice
123) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.
124) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.
125) The Everglades Trust
126) The GEO Group, Inc.
127) The North Highland Company
129) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
130) University of Florida Student Government Association
131) University of Miami
133) Veyer, LLC
134) Visa U.S.A. Inc.
135) VM Consolidated, Inc. and its affiliates DBA Verra Mobility
136) Welbe Health
137) Woolpert, Inc.
(786) 247-8716
124 West Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32399-7018,
1) AAM Vertiports Florida LLC d/b/a VertiPorts by Atlantic
4) Brandt Information Services
7) Broward County Clerk of the Court
8) CDR Maguire
14) City of Miramar
15) City of South Miami, Florida
16) Continental Heavy Civil Corp.
18) eTags
21) Florida Credit Union Association
22) Florida Electric Cooperatives Association
23) K9s for Warriors
24) Life Science Logistics, LLC
25) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.
27) Palm Beach Atlantic University
28) Paypal
29) Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science
31) Starkey Hearing Technologies
33) The Center for Arts & Innovation, Inc.
34) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.
35) Thomas Howell Ferguson, P.A.
39) Visa U.S.A. Inc.
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., Ste 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301,
2) ABC Institute Apprenticeship College
3) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC
5) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.
9) Brandt Information Services
10) Broward College Foundation
11) Broward County
13) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.
14) CDR Maguire
16) Cicero Action
17) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC
22) Coral Rock Development Group, LLC
23) Coventry
25) DialCare, LLC.
27) Elevated, LLC
29) Field of Dreams
30) Florida Alliance for Seniors
31) Florida Association of District School Superintendents
32) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
33) Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Inc.
34) Florida Community Financial Services Association
35) Florida Credit Union Association
36) Florida Institute of Technology
37) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.
38) Florida Power & Light Company
39) Florida Realtors
40) Florida Surplus Lines Association
41) Fluid Marine
42) Fox Corporation
43) Gartner, Inc.
44) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve
45) Haleon Consumer Healthcare
46) Hillpointe, LLC
48) INSIGHTEC
49) K9s for Warriors
50) Kalshi Inc.
52) Life Science Logistics, LLC
53) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.
54) Loggerhead Marinelife Center
58) National Speech & Debate Association
59) Neal Communities
61) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC
62) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.
63) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
64) Oportun, Inc.
66) Orlando Health
67) Palm Beach Atlantic University
69) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
70) Palm Beach Zoo
72) Paypal
73) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.
74) Place of Hope
75) Polk County Board of County Commissioners
76) PrizePicks
77) Project LIFT
81) RELX Inc.
82) Renaissance Learning, Inc.
83) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
84) Ryan, LLC
85) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.
86) SaferWatch, LLC
87) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida
88) SAI Interactive
89) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
90) Sellers Dorsey
91) St. Petersburg College Foundation
92) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.
93) Starkey Hearing Technologies
98) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.
99) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.
100) The Everglades Trust
101) The GEO Group, Inc.
102) The North Highland Company
103) TRC Companies, Inc.
104) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
105) University of Florida Student Government Association
106) University of Miami
108) Veyer, LLC
109) Visa U.S.A. Inc.
110) VM Consolidated, Inc. and its affiliates DBA Verra Mobility
111) Welbe Health
112) Woolpert, Inc.
(818) 235-0789
4800 Six Fork Rd Suite 220, Raleigh, NC, 27609,
1) Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas, Inc.
9) Hillpointe Construction LLC
10) Inspected