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RACHEL CONE

(Florida)

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Rachel Cone joins Southern Strategy Group after more than a decade of service in the highest levels of local and state governments. Rachel served as the Interim Secretary for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), where she successfully shepherded the department's policy agenda and $11 billion budget across the finish line of the 2017 legislative session.

During her time at FDOT she also served as the Assistant Secretary for Finance and Administration, overseeing the offices of work program and budget, finance, procurement, technology, human resources, performance management and other administrative functions. She managed three of the largest transportation work programs in state history and represented the department in front of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Treasury, Fitch and Moody's rating agencies.

Rachel also directed changes to how the department finances the work program, and successfully advocated for statutory changes that resulted in a new financing vehicle for the department. This allows the department to fund additional, major transportation projects at a lower cost. She also oversaw the reorganization of the department's technology offices, which resulted in a culture shift for the department in how it prioritizes, spends and manages transportation-specific and traditional technologies.

In 2012, Governor Rick Scott appointed Rachel to serve as his Deputy Chief of Staff, where she was responsible for advising him on statewide issues, appointments to boards and commissions and providing guidance and direction to 14 state and quasi-governmental agencies on operational and management issues, including policy, budget, communication, legislative strategy and agency priorities. Those agencies were the Departments of Business and Professional Regulation, Citrus, Emergency Management, Economic Opportunity, Environmental Protection (and Water Management Districts) and Transportation. Also included under her purview were Florida Wildlife Commission, Space Florida, Visit Florida, Volunteer Florida and CareerSource Florida.

Rachel previously served as the External Affairs Director for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection where she directed planning and statewide communications strategies for the department, and coordinated communications efforts with Florida's five water management districts. This included topics such as renewed water management district oversight, various departmental restructuring, the health of Florida's springs, Governor Scott's Everglades Restoration Strategies plan and Florida's ongoing recovery after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Prior to her family's move to Tallahassee, Rachel served on the executive leadership team in the Mayor John Peyton administration in Jacksonville. Rachel began her career as a military reporter at the Florida Times-Union.

Rachel is a proud graduate of Auburn University. She and her family are active members of Trinity United Methodist Church, and Rachel serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at Holy Comforter Episcopal School in Tallahassee.

Served in Georgia Governor Nathan Deal's cabinet as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs

Former chief of staff to U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

Strong relationships with Georgia's federal, state, and local elected officials

Possesses strong subject matter expertise in community development and economic development, immigration policy, federal judicial nominations, legislative drafting, and messaging and communications

Camila Knowles joined Cornerstone's Atlanta office in October 2017 and now serves as principal and director. She comes to the firm after serving in Governor Nathan Deal's cabinet as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) since January 2015. At DCA, she led a staff of over 400 and allocated over $1 billion annually in state and federal dollars as she and her team fulfilled DCA's mission of encouraging community development, providing local government assistance, financing Georgia's economic development, and providing affordable housing.

Prior to her service in the Deal Administration, she was chief of staff to U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss. She began her career with Senator Chambliss in 2003 as one of the Senator's designees on the Senate Judiciary Committee focusing on immigration law and policy. After serving as a legislative assistant and chief counsel for the Senator in Washington, D.C., she moved to Atlanta in 2009 as state director, and was named chief of staff in 2013.

While on Senator Chambliss' staff, Camila worked on a host of legislative issues, including energy policy, comprehensive immigration reform, judicial nominations, Georgia's tri-state water wars, and the deepening of the Savannah Harbor. She also worked on appropriations bills providing critical federal funding to numerous Georgia projects.

Camila began her career in Washington as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas. She holds an A.B. in History from Harvard, from which she graduated with cum laude distinction, and a law degree from Georgetown University. She is a member of the State Bar of North Carolina.

Camila is a current trustee for Leadership Georgia and serves on the boards of directors for the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, Camp Sunshine, the Georgia 4-H Foundation, Georgia Cities Solutions, and the Chambliss Leadership Forum. She is an alumni interviewer for Harvard and for the Chambliss Fellows program, which sends University of Georgia students to Washington, DC for a semester. She resides in Atlanta with her husband Sean and their four children. Camila is an active member of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, where she serves on the church's Staff-Parish Relations Committee and teaches kindergarten Sunday School with her husband.

CARSON BAKER

(Pennsylvania)
Clients:

JENNA EARLEY

(Pennsylvania)
Clients:
  • (850) 222-9075

  • 124 W. Jefferson St.Suite 502TallahasseeFlorida32301

Clients:
Clients:

1) Accenture LLP

2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

3) Advocating for Seniors

4) Ajax Building Company, LLC

5) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility

6) AshBritt, Inc.

7) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

8) Assurant Group

9) AT&T Services, Inc.

10) Atkins North America, Inc.

11) bestbet Jacksonville

12) Boatsetter

13) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

14) Brandt Information Services

15) Broward College Foundation

16) Broward County

17) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

18) C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc.

19) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

20) CDR Maguire

21) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

22) Cicero Action

23) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

24) Citigroup Washington Inc.

25) City of Boca Raton

26) City of Coral Gables

27) City of Fort Lauderdale

28) Clara Homes

29) Cody Khan

30) Community Care Plan

31) Community US Fund Management Inc.

32) Coventry

33) CVS Health and All Affiliates

34) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

35) DialCare, LLC.

36) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

37) Ecoresiliency Miami LLC

38) Ecosouth Florida, LLC

39) Elevated, LLC

40) Elite DNA Therapy

41) Emovis USA, Inc.

42) Environmental Resilient Communities LLC

43) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.

44) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals

45) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

46) Florida Community Financial Services Association

47) Florida Institute of Technology

48) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

49) Florida Power & Light Company

50) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

51) Florida Realtors

52) Florida Surplus Lines Association

53) Florida Transportation Builders Association

54) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association

55) Fox Corporation

56) Gartner, Inc.

57) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve

58) Graduation Alliance, Inc.

59) Grind Hard Ammo LLC

60) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

61) Hillpointe, LLC

62) Horsepower Electric

63) INSIGHTEC

64) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

65) K9s for Warriors

66) Land Sea Homes

67) Lennar Homes, LLC

68) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.

69) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

70) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

71) Melbourne Greyhound Park

72) Memorial Healthcare System

73) Miami-Dade County

74) Neal Land Development Group

75) New College Foundation, Inc.

76) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

77) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

78) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

79) Orange Barrel Media

80) Orlando Health

81) Palm Beach Atlantic University

82) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

83) Palm Beach Zoo

84) Paypal

85) PCI Gaming

86) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

87) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

88) Primerica, Inc.

89) PrizePicks

90) Project LIFT

91) Promise Network Inc.

92) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

93) RAI Services Company

94) RELX Inc.

95) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

96) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

97) Ryan, LLC

98) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

99) SaferWatch, LLC

100) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

101) SAI Interactive

102) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

103) School Board of Brevard County

104) Sellers Dorsey

105) Sobe Sky Development, LLC

106) South Automotive Group

107) St. Petersburg College Foundation

108) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

109) Starkey Hearing Technologies

110) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

111) Take Stock in Children

112) Tamiami 137, LLC

113) Tampa Bay Rays

114) The City of Miami

115) The City of Venice

116) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.

117) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.

118) The Everglades Trust

119) The GEO Group, Inc.

120) The North Highland Company

121) Town Of Highland Beach

122) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

123) University of Florida Student Government Association

124) University of Miami

125) Veyer, LLC

126) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

127) WolfCap Team, LLC

128) Woolpert, Inc.

Clients:

THOMAS LIPKO

(Pennsylvania)
  • 909 Green StreetHarrisburgPA17102

MATTHEW PLUMMER

(Pennsylvania)
Clients:

48) Kimball Motion Analytics LLC

49) Kingsley Association

50) Kooth USA, LLC

51) Lackawanna College

52) Leading Youth For Excellence

53) Lion Health System

54) LIUNA Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition

55) Local Union No. 1319 O.S.H.E.

56) Luzerne County Child Advocacy Center

57) Malibu Wellness Ranch

58) Malt Beverage Distributors Association of PA

59) Martz Trailways

60) McCarthy Tire

61) Messiah Lifeways

62) MidPoint Group of Companies, Inc.

63) Misericordia University

64) Modern Treasury

65) Mowery Entertainment

66) New Birth of Freedom Council, Boy Scouts of America #544

67) Nlyten Corporation

68) PA Association for Justice

69) PA State Building & Construction Trades Council

70) Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals

71) Pennsylvania Beer Alliance

72) Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition

73) PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

74) Pennsylvania State Nurses Association

75) Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc.

76) Phila Trial Lawyers Assn.

77) Philadelphia School District

78) Recycle the World, Inc.

79) Rikore, Inc.

80) Rutter's Holdings, Inc.

81) RVG Management and Development Co.

82) Sheet Metal Workers LU 19

83) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Luzerne County

84) Summit Realty Advisors, LLC

85) Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

86) The Lands at Hillside Farms

87) Ticket Network

88) Total Security International LLC

89) Valley Crest Real Estate, LP

90) Verified Voting.Org., Inc

91) Viatris Inc.

92) Visit Hershey & Harrisburg Inc.

93) Waste Reduction Recycling Transfer, Inc.

94) William J. Brennan, Jr. Center for Justice

Clients:

CHRISTOPHER SCHOONOVER

(Florida)
Clients:

1) Accenture LLP

2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

3) Advocating for Seniors

4) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility

5) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

6) Atkins North America, Inc.

7) bestbet Jacksonville

8) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

9) Brandt Information Services

10) Broward College Foundation

11) Broward County

12) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

13) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

14) CDR Maguire

15) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

16) Cicero Action

17) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

18) Citigroup Washington Inc.

19) City of Coral Gables

20) City of Fort Lauderdale

21) Clara Homes

22) Community Care Plan

23) Community US Fund Management Inc.

24) Coventry

25) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

26) DialCare, LLC.

27) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

28) Elevated, LLC

29) Elite DNA Therapy

30) Florida Association of District School Superintendents

31) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

32) Florida Community Financial Services Association

33) Florida Institute of Technology

34) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

35) Florida Power & Light Company

36) Florida Realtors

37) Florida Surplus Lines Association

38) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association

39) Fox Corporation

40) Gartner, Inc.

41) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve

42) Grind Hard Ammo LLC

43) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

44) Hillpointe, LLC

45) Horsepower Electric

46) INSIGHTEC

47) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

48) K9s for Warriors

49) Land Sea Homes

50) Lennar Homes, LLC

51) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.

52) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

53) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

54) Melbourne Greyhound Park

55) Memorial Healthcare System

56) Neal Land Development Group

57) New College Foundation, Inc.

58) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

59) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

60) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

61) Oportun, Inc.

62) Orange Barrel Media

63) Orlando Health

64) Palm Beach Atlantic University

65) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

66) Palm Beach Zoo

67) Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

68) Paypal

69) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

70) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

71) PrizePicks

72) Project LIFT

73) Promise Network Inc.

74) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

75) RAI Services Company

76) RELX Inc.

77) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

78) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

79) Ryan, LLC

80) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

81) SaferWatch, LLC

82) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

83) SAI Interactive

84) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

85) School Board of Brevard County

86) Sellers Dorsey

87) Sobe Sky Development, LLC

88) St. Petersburg College Foundation

89) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

90) Starkey Hearing Technologies

91) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

92) Take Stock in Children

93) Tampa Bay Rays

94) The City of Miami

95) The City of Venice

96) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.

97) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.

98) The Everglades Trust

99) The GEO Group, Inc.

100) The North Highland Company

101) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

102) University of Florida Student Government Association

103) University of Miami

104) Veyer, LLC

105) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

106) WolfCap Team, LLC

107) Woolpert, Inc.

DAVID THOMAS

(Pennsylvania)
Clients:

52) Kingsley Association

53) Kooth USA, LLC

54) Kyndryl, Inc.

55) Lackawanna College

56) Leading Youth For Excellence

57) LIUNA Mid-Atlantic Regional Organizing Coalition

58) Luzerne County Child Advocacy Center

59) Malibu Wellness Ranch

60) Malt Beverage Distributors Association of PA

61) Martz Trailways

62) McCarthy Tire

63) Messiah Lifeways

64) MidPoint Group of Companies, Inc.

65) Misericordia University

66) Modern Treasury

67) Mountain Springs Lake Resort LLC

68) Mowery Entertainment

69) New Birth of Freedom Council, Boy Scouts of America #544

70) Nlyten Corporation

71) Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County

72) PA Association for Justice

73) PA State Building & Construction Trades Council

74) Patient Direct RX

75) Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals

76) Pennsylvania Beer Alliance

77) Pennsylvania Cannabis Coalition

78) Pennsylvania Principals Association

79) PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

80) Pennsylvania State Nurses Association

81) Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Inc.

82) Phila Trial Lawyers Assn.

83) Philadelphia School District

84) Recycle the World, Inc.

85) Rikore, Inc.

86) Rutter's Holdings, Inc.

87) Sentiment AI

88) Sheet Metal Workers LU 19

89) Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Luzerne County

90) Sugar Plum Chocolates

91) Summit Realty Advisors, LLC

92) Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

93) Terrapin Investment Fund 1, LLC

94) The Lands at Hillside Farms

95) Ticket Network

96) Total Security International LLC

97) Valley Crest Real Estate, LP

98) Viatris Inc.

99) Visit Hershey & Harrisburg Inc.

100) Waste Reduction Recycling Transfer, Inc.

101) William J. Brennan, Jr. Center for Justice

KAYLYN TINSLEY

(Georgia)
Clients: