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Lauren represents the firm's interests before the Arizona State Legislature, the Office of the Governor, state agencies and various municipalities, and has been recognized by the Arizona Capitol Times as one of the top lobbyists in the state under the age of 40.

6-10 years

Recognized by the Arizona Capitol Times as one of the top lobbyists in the state under the age of 40 (2017)

Recognized by the Arizona Capitol Times as a "Breakdown Breakout" winner, given to the sharpest political and industry minds in Arizona under 40 (2019)

With nearly a decade of government relations experience at the state and local level, Lauren's specialty practice areas include policy issues in the healthcare, real estate and tech sectors. Prior to entering into the policy realm, Lauren worked in marketing and public relations, executing local and national media campaigns for clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Her background also includes having developed and implemented grassroots campaigns surrounding legislation for one of Arizona's largest nonprofit organizations. A graduate of the University of Arizona with an academic focus in journalism and political communication, Lauren has extensive experience working with local and national news outlets. Recognized by the Arizona Capitol Times as one of the top lobbyists in the state under the age of 40, Lauren represents the firm's interests before the Arizona State Legislature, the Office of the Governor, state agencies and various municipalities.

Education: B.S., University of Arizona

One of the firm's founders, Barbara's focus is in state-level policy and advocacy where she represents the firm's clients before the Arizona State Legislature, the Governor's Office and executive branch agencies. She was named an Outstanding Woman in Business by the Phoenix Business Journal and is consistently recognized as one of the top lobbyists in Arizona by the Arizona Capitol Times. She has established herself as a highly effective advocate for a variety of private-sector enterprises with a special concentration in healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, and emerging technologies. Her prior experience includes two judicial clerkships and private law firm practice in Washington, D.C. and Arizona. Immediately prior to founding Triadvocates, Barbara was an integral member of the government relations practice group of Quarles & Brady LLP.

Education: B.A., The University of Arizona; J.D., American University, The Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.

20+ years

20+ years

Dell Sales & Government Affairs Award
American Academy of Ophthalmology Public Service Award

BICKFORD PACIFIC GROUP (BPG) has over 25 years experience specializing in all aspects of government, legislative, state administration and local assembly/city council. BPG has been recognized as one of Alaska's top 10 lobbyists with a client list that includes Fortune Top 500 companies. BPG clients benefit from our trusted bipartisan relationships that have resulted in successful outcomes.

Whether you are seeking to enact or defeat legislation on a state or local level, BPG has a proven success record.

Firm Specialties:
Lobbying local & state
Digital/social media advocacy
Grassroots/grasstops
Strategist specialist
Communications/public relations
Crisis management

FRANK BICKFORD, before becoming a lobbyist was a staffer in the early 80's for then U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski, Former State Senator Fritz Pettyjohn and managed Congressman Don Young's campaign in 1984. Frank has been a state lobbyist since the year 2000, with a host of clients and excellent reputation among Democrat, Republican and Independent elected officials.

John leads the firm's government marketing efforts, where he brings more than 30 years of rich career experience in government leadership, policy, public affairs, procurement, media and business. He also contributes considerable expertise to state and federal policy and advocacy efforts across a wide range of policy areas, with a particular passion for education and workforce development. John has been a thought leader in the technology community in Arizona since serving as Arizona's first Chief Information Officer and as the government relations and community solutions manager for Intel Corporation. Prior experience includes serving as the federal/intergovernmental coordinator and policy advisor for the Office of the Governor, and as senior appropriations staff and legislative director for an Arizona Congressman.

Education: B.A., Lafayette College; M.A., Harvard Kennedy School

20+ years

Building on her local government background, Julie provides leadership to the firm's economic development practice where Triadvocates has supported clients in their investment of more than $32 Billion dollars in Arizona projects. Recognized as an adept dealmaker by the Arizona Capitol Times, Julie's experience ranges from housing, transportation, health care, energy and manufacturing. to tribal investment. Immediately prior to joining Triadvocates, Julie served as the principal staff and policy advisor to the mayor of one of Arizona's largest cities. In that capacity, she was responsible for strategic planning, policy development and outreach in subject areas such as transportation and infrastructure, land-use planning and finance. At Triadvocates, Julie guides client interaction with local, state and federal officials.

15-20 years

Julie received the WESTMARC President's Award for exemplary work in economic development and was inducted as an Honorary Bobcat at The University of Arizona. She has received Special Congressional Recognition from Congressman Ruben Gallego for her work on his Women's Advisory Commission and was selected by the Maricopa Community College Foundation Board of Directors to serve as Vice Chair.

RICHARD TRAVIS

(Arizona)

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

Richard has more than 20 years of experience in Arizona state government and public affairs. Richard's skillset includes strategic planning, coalition management and coordination and development of media and grassroots efforts for legislation and initiatives. Richard's public-sector experience includes service as a staff director at the Arizona House of Representatives, Director of Government Affairs for the Arizona Supreme Court, Special Assistant Attorney General for Government Affairs for the Arizona Attorney General's Office, and Deputy Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Education: B.A., Trinity University; J.D., University of Arizona College of Law

20+ years

MADISON ALLIGOOD

(North Carolina)

BRIAN BALLARD

(Florida)
Clients:

1) 19 Enterprises, LLC

2) Access Restoration Services US, Inc.

3) Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

4) Advanced Rx Pharmacy, LLC

5) AIDS Healthcare Foundation

6) Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

7) Alliance for Commercial Real Estate

8) Amazon.com, Inc.

9) American Coastal Insurance Company

10) American Veterinary Medical Association

11) Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC

12) Angel Armor

13) AquaFence Inc.

14) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP

15) AT&T Services, Inc.

16) Atlas Air, Inc.

17) Atlas Data Privacy Corporation

18) Atlys Global, LLC

19) Axon Enterprise, Inc.

20) Babcock Property Holdings, LLC

21) Barry University

22) Basketball Properties, LTD

23) Bayer U.S. LLC

24) Big Bend Homeless Coalition

25) BioStem Technologies

26) Block, Inc.

27) Blue Origin Florida, LLC

28) Botanicals for Better Health and Wellness

29) Brent L. Mills, Incorporated

30) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation

31) Broward County

32) Broward County Sheriff's Office

33) BusPatrol America LLC

34) Camillus House, Inc

35) Caplin Family Offices, LLC

36) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

37) Churchill Downs, Inc

38) Citrus Health Network, Inc

39) City of Aventura

40) City of Boynton Beach

41) City of Bradenton

42) City of Cape Coral, Florida

43) City of DeBary

44) City of Delray Beach

45) City of Hallandale Beach

46) City of Largo

47) City of Marathon

48) City of Miami

49) City of Palm Beach Gardens

50) City of Pembroke Pines

51) City of Pensacola, Florida

52) City of Punta Gorda

53) City of Sarasota, Florida

54) City of Treasure Island

55) Clear Ballot Group

56) Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Palm Beach County

57) Clyde Johnson Contracting & Roofing, Inc.

58) Coinbase, Inc.

59) Communications International, Inc.

60) Core and Main LP

61) CORE Construction

62) Council of Florida Medical School Deans

63) Cox Communications

64) Cox Science Center and Aquarium

65) Cruise Lines International Association

66) Crypto Council for Innovation

67) DACRA

68) DBL Ventures

69) de Moya Highway Infrastructure LLC

70) DEEP Research Incorporated

71) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc

72) Destinations Florida

73) DMF Employment Opportunities, Inc.

74) Doodie Calls LLC

75) DoorDash, Inc.

76) Downtown Vision, Inc.

77) DSW Homes, LLC

78) Earth Funeral LLC

79) East Coast Packers, LLC

80) Eisai, Inc

81) Electronic Transaction Consultants, LLC

82) Embassy of Japan

83) Enespa Technologies US LLC

84) Epilepsy Florida

85) FarmaceuticalRX LLC

86) Feeding Florida, Inc.

87) Figgers Communication, Inc.

88) Fire Neural Network

89) First American Title Insurance Company

90) Florida A & M University Foundation

91) Florida Alliance for Seniors

92) Florida Association of Cosmetology & Technical Schools (FACTS)

93) Florida Chiropractic Association, Inc

94) Florida Entertainment & Arts Venues Association, Inc.

95) Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc.

96) Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, Inc

97) Florida Podiatric Medical Association

98) Florida Power & Light Company

99) Florida Rural Water Association

100) Florida Sheriffs Risk Management Fund

101) Florida Society of Ophthalmology

102) Florida Society of Pathologists

103) Florida Tomato Exchange

104) Florida Transportation Builders Association, Inc

105) Florida Veterinary Medical Association

106) FOP Foundation

107) Foster Care Review, Inc

108) Foundation for Seminole State College of Florida, Inc

109) Fresenius Medical Care North America

110) Friends of the Underline, Inc.

111) GAF Materials, LLC

112) Gates Housing Group, LLC

113) GlaxoSmithKline

114) Habilitation Center for the Handicapped, Inc.

115) Health Care District of Palm Beach County

116) Henderson Behavioral Health

117) HistoryMiami Museum

118) HNTB Corporation

119) Hope Healthcare

120) Horizon Oakland Park, LLC

121) Housing Trust Group, LLC

122) HPM Lot 5, LLC

123) HPM Resi II, LLC

124) Ibis Healthcare, Inc.

125) Indelible Management Solutions, Inc.

126) Infrastructure Rehabilitation USA, Inc.

127) Intellectually Developmentally Disabled Community Foundation

128) International Atlantic, LLC

129) Investment Corporation of Palm Beach

130) Jacksonville Port Authority

131) Jacksonville Transportation Authority

132) Juvare, LLC and its affiliates

133) Keystone Properties, L.L.C.

134) Kinder Morgan, Inc.

135) Kitson Evergreen LLC d/b/a Kitson & Partners

136) Kleo, Inc. d/b/a ClassWallet

137) KPMG LLP

138) L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

139) Lee Health System, Inc

140) Liberty Dental Plan

141) Lifepoint Health

142) LifeScience Logistics

143) Lighthouse Central Florida

144) Lions World Vision Institute, Inc.

145) Lucent Group, Inc.

146) Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

147) M&M Realty Partners LLC

148) Major League Baseball

149) Marine Towing of Tampa, LLC

150) Martin County Board of County Commissioners

151) Max Planck Florida Foundation, Inc

152) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc

153) MCI, LC

154) Meta Platforms, Inc.

155) Miami Dade College Foundation

156) Miami Design District Associates, LLC

157) Miami Learning Experience School

158) Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc

159) MorseLife Health System

160) Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

161) Mount Sinai Medical Center

162) NAIOP Tampa Bay

163) National Rental Home Council

164) National Stormwater Trust, Inc.

165) Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc.

166) Natural Health Partners, LLC

167) New York Yankees

168) Nomi Health Inc

169) North Broward Hospital District (d/b/a Broward Health)

170) Northport Health Services of Florida, L.L.C.

171) Nova Southeastern University

172) NTT Data, Inc.

173) Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

174) Online Lenders Alliance

175) Orange Barrel Media

176) Palm Beach Aggregates, LLC

177) Panza, Maurer & Maynard, P.A.

178) Parsons Transportation Group Inc.

179) Pensacola State College Foundation, Inc.

180) Philips North America, LLC

181) PointClickCare Technologies USA Corp

182) Praesentia Healthcare LLC

183) Public Health Trust

184) Quarterhill

185) RAI Services Company

186) Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola, Inc.

187) ReaSyn Technologies, Inc.

188) Renew Financial Group LLC

189) Revenue Based Finance Coalition

190) Reyes Holdings, L.L.C.

191) RightSite Health

192) Robinhood

193) RUDG, LLC

194) Safe Harbor Hospice LLC

195) SaferWatch

196) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

197) Sanford Airport Authority

198) SAS Institute, Inc

199) Seacoast National Bank

200) Security Scorecard

201) Selah Freedom

202) Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC

203) Sentara Health Plans, Inc.

204) SePro Corporation

205) Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.

206) Shopping Center Management d/b/a Turnberry Associates

207) Sig Sauer, Inc.

208) Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc.

209) Skyward, Inc.

210) Socure, Inc.

211) Solar Sportsystems, Inc

212) South Central Florida Express, Inc

213) South Florida Police Benevolent Association

214) Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, LLC.

215) Southern Technical College Suncoast, LLC

216) Spark Learning, Inc.

217) SPIDR Tech, Inc.

218) Spray Foam Coalition Association

219) State Armor

220) Strategic Digital Services

221) Stride, Inc.

222) Strydent Autonomous Technologies, Inc.

223) Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.

224) Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

225) Sunfest Herbs LLC

226) Sunrise Sunset Apts, LLC

227) SWARM Inc.

228) Talk of the Town, Inc.

229) Tampa General Hospital

230) The Private Suite

231) The School Board of Lee County

232) Titan America LLC

233) Town of Jupiter

234) Town of Lantana

235) Town of Palm Beach

236) Transit Village Venture, LLC

237) Tremco Incorporated

238) Trulieve, Inc.

239) Unite USA, Inc.

240) United States Sugar Corporation

241) University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc.

242) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

243) University of Miami

244) Versaterm Public Safety

245) Village of North Palm Beach

246) Voices for Children Foundation, Inc

247) VyStar Credit Union

248) Walgreen Company

249) Walk Off Charities

250) WeatherSTEM

251) Wheeler Emergency Management Consulting, LLC

252) Wildlandscapes International

253) Windstorm Mitigation, Inc

254) Worldwide Interactive Network, Inc. d/b/a WIN Learning

255) Xerox Corporation and its affiliates

256) YMCA of the Palm Beaches

257) Zoox, Inc.

258) Zscaler, Inc.

ROBERT BARANSAKA

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:
  • 916 492-2766

  • SACRAMENTOCA95814

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JULIA BRIGHT

(Kentucky)
  • 502-548-7500

  • 314 W. Main StreetCommonwealth AlliancesFrankfortKY40601

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KARA CALVERT CAMPBELL

(South Carolina)
  • 4153896800

  • 2350 Kerner Blvd., Ste 250San RafaelCA94901

Clients:

KARA CALVERT CAMPBELL

(Ohio)
  • 415-389-6800

  • 2350 Kerner Blvd., Suite 250San RafaelCA94901

Clients:

NICK CARR

(South Carolina)
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Clients:

DARIN CARTER

(Ohio)
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  • 2350 Kerner Blvd., Suite 250San RafaelCA94901

Clients:

BRITTNEY COLVIN

(Ohio)
  • 614-221-2800

  • 10 W. Broad Street, Suite 200INTEROFFICE - DNRColumbusOH43215

RICHARD ROBIN COOK

(South Carolina)
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  • 2350 Kerner Blvd., Ste 250San RafaelCA94901

Clients:

TASHAYLA PERSON DONOHOE

(Missouri)
  • (913) 302-3098

  • PO Box 71434th FloorKansas CityMO64113

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ALEX EATON

(MOMO)
  • (573) 616-9860

  • PO Box 7143Kansas CityMO64113

Clients:
  • 609-392-7553

  • 150 W State St Suite 110TrentonNJ08608

Clients:

ASHLEY GUNN

(Kentucky)
  • 415-389-6800

  • c/o Nielsen Merksamer2350 Kerner Blvd. Ste 250San RafaelCA94901

Clients:

ASHLEY GUNN

(Wisconsin)
Clients:

ASHLEY GUNN

(Arizona)
  • 415-389-6800

Clients:

KATHERINE HALL

(Kentucky)
Clients:
  • (312) 590-7958

  • 421 N. Harrington Street, Suite 6503605 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 500RaleighNC27603

Clients:
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  • 150 W State St Suite 110TrentonNJ08608

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PATRICK JENNINGS

(Kentucky)
Clients:

COLLIN JOHNSON

(Kentucky)
  • 502-607-8670

  • 314 W. Main StreetCommonwealth AlliancesFrankfortKY40601

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  • 916-492-2766

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REBECCA LOHMANN

(Missouri)
  • (573) 434-1514

  • PO Box 7143PO Box 7143Kansas CityMO64113

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BARBARA MEANEY

(Arizona)
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Clients:
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Clients:
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DANIEL PFEIFER

(MOMO)
  • (202) 375-9575

  • P.O. Box 7143Kansas CityMO64113

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ROXANNA PITONES

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

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MCKENNA PLOWMAN

(Arizona)
  • 415-389-6800

Clients:

GREG PORTER

(MOMO)
  • (816) 721-3336

  • P.O. Box 7143Kansas CityMO64113

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ROBERT RICHARDSON

(Missouri)
  • (573) 727-4488

  • PO Box 7143Kansas CityMO64113

Clients:
  • 609-392-7553

  • 150 W State St Suite 110TrentonNJ08608

Clients:

KATY SEARCY

(Maryland)
  • 415-389-6800

  • c/o 2350 Kerner Blvd.Suite 250San RafaelCA94901

Clients:

KATY ANN SEARCY

(South Carolina)
  • 4153896800

  • 2350 Kerner Blvd., Ste 250San RafaelCA94901

Clients:

KATY ANN SEARCY

(Delaware)
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Clients:

KATY ANN SEARCY

(Colorado)
  • 415-389-6800

  • c/o 2350 Kerner Boulevard, Suite 250San RafaelCA94901

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FREDDY SOTO

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:
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  • SACRAMENTOCA95814

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DAVID WILLIS

(Missouri)
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