LAURA BOEHMER

(Florida)

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Laura Boehmer brings a wide range of experience in local, state, and federal policy to Southern Strategy Group's Tampa Bay office. Having worked in and around government for over 16 years, Laura has assisted elected officials, community organizations, governments, and businesses in achieving their goals.

Prior to joining Southern Strategy Group, Laura served as the chief lobbyist for the City of St. Petersburg (City). Laura was responsible for all policy and appropriation issues. In that role, Laura directed the federal appropriations process for the City and succeeded in securing millions of dollars in federal grants and earmarks. In addition to her federal work for the City, Laura was also responsible for developing, strategizing, and advocating for the City's State Legislative Program and was also instrumental in the creation and implementation of the City's Sustainability Program.

In her role at the City, Laura served as staff for former Mayor Rick Baker in his roles as the Chairman of the Century Commission of a Sustainable Florida, Vice Chair of the Governor's Action Team on Energy and Climate Change, and Group Leader of Governor Crist's Transition Team. This experience gave Laura extensive exposure to numerous policy issues and the opportunity to build statewide relationships with political and business leaders.

Prior to working for the City, Laura served as legislative staff in the Florida House of Representatives. Laura also worked for a private lobbying firm representing clients on a wide variety of issues. Laura has staffed and volunteered on various campaigns and worked with a national corporation on nation-wide grass roots efforts to pass legislation. Having analyzed patterns of Congress and maintained PAC communications between a corporate government relations department and PAC members, Laura is well versed in the political efforts of both private and public sectors.

DAVID SHEPP

(Florida)

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David Shepp joins Southern Strategy Group after leading Florida Strategic Group, a full-service government affairs consulting firm, for 13 years. David provides services to state and local governments, businesses, educational institutions, economic development entities, national companies, and statewide trade associations. Activities include legislative and agency monitoring and advocacy, research and analysis, resource development and strategic communications. Throughout his years lobbying, David has secured tens of millions of dollars for clients in the Florida budget.

With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Florida State University, David started his practical experience in Florida politics in 1996. David learned the intricacies of the Florida Legislature while assisting the lobbying efforts for multiple clients of the Fowler White Law Firm. Later that year, David accepted a position as a field representative with the Republican Party acting as a liaison to Central Florida candidates, including then-candidate Adam Putnam.

After Rep. Putnam's 1996 campaign, David was retained in the position of Legislative Assistant where he enjoyed four years of relationship building both in Polk County and in Tallahassee before managing now-Commissioner of Agriculture Putnam's victorious Congressional campaign in 2000.

David is skilled at developing, maintaining, and strengthening relationships essential to governmental representation before the Legislature and state agencies. David works very closely with the DeSoto, Charlotte, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota legislative delegations.

In addition to his comprehensive institutional knowledge of the Florida Legislature, David enjoys personal and professional relationships with legislative leaders and key Chairmen and Chairwomen at every level of the legislative committee structure. David also enjoys strong working relationships with many of the staff behind the scenes of public policymaking.

BRIAN BALLARD

(Florida)
Clients:

1) 1250 West Ave Owner, LLC

2) 19 Enterprises, LLC

3) 8038 and 165 Owner LLC

4) Access Restoration Services US, Inc.

5) Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

6) Advanced Rx Pharmacy, LLC

7) AIDS Healthcare Foundation

8) Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

9) Alfred Benesch and Company

10) Alliance for Commercial Real Estate

11) Amazon.com, Inc.

12) Ambipar Holding USA

13) American Coastal Insurance Company

14) American Veterinary Medical Association

15) Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC

16) Angel Armor

17) AquaFence Inc.

18) Arion Holdings, L.L.C.

19) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP

20) Atlas Air, Inc.

21) Atlas Data Privacy Corporation

22) Atlys Global, LLC

23) Autism Navigator, LLC

24) Automated Healthcare Solutions

25) Avecina Medical

26) Axon Enterprise, Inc.

27) Babcock Property Holdings, LLC

28) Barry University

29) Basketball Properties, LTD

30) Bayer U.S. LLC

31) BCC Engineering, LLC

32) Becker Boards

33) BHT Properties Group, LLC

34) Big Bend Homeless Coalition

35) BioSpine Institute

36) BioStem Technologies

37) Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper

38) Block, Inc.

39) Blue Origin Florida, LLC

40) Blue Waters Development Group, LLC

41) BMG Money, Inc

42) Botanicals for Better Health and Wellness

43) Bravotampa, LLC

44) Brent L. Mills, Incorporated

45) Broward County

46) Broward County Sheriff's Office

47) Camillus House, Inc

48) Caplin Family Offices, LLC

49) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

50) Churchill Downs, Inc

51) Citrus Health Network, Inc

52) City of Boynton Beach

53) City of Bradenton

54) City of Cape Coral, Florida

55) City of DeBary

56) City of Delray Beach

57) City of Hallandale Beach

58) City of Largo

59) City of Marathon

60) City of Miami

61) City of North Miami Beach

62) City of Palm Beach Gardens

63) City of Pembroke Pines

64) City of Pensacola, Florida

65) City of Sarasota, Florida

66) Clear Ballot Group

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

68) Clyde Johnson Contracting & Roofing, Inc.

69) Coinbase, Inc.

70) Colonial Management Group, LP

71) Communications International, Inc.

72) Core and Main LP

73) CORE Construction

74) Council of Florida Medical School Deans

75) COVE Behavioral Health

76) Cox Science Center and Aquarium

77) Cruise Lines International Association

78) DACRA

79) DBL Ventures

80) de Moya Highway Infrastructure LLC

81) DEEP Research Incorporated

82) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc

83) Destinations Florida

84) Dezer Plaza LLC

85) Dezer Properties LLC

86) DISH Network LLC

87) DMF Employment Opportunities, Inc.

88) Doodie Calls LLC

89) Doodie Calls, Inc.

90) DoorDash, Inc.

91) Downtown Vision, Inc.

92) DSS, Inc.

93) Earth Funeral LLC

94) East Coast Packers, LLC

95) Eisai, Inc

96) Electronic Transaction Consultants, LLC

97) Embassy of Japan

98) Enespa Technologies US LLC

99) Epilepsy Florida

100) ExThera Medical Corporation

101) FarmaceuticalRX LLC

102) Feeding Florida, Inc.

103) Feeding Northeast Florida, Inc.

104) Fernandina Wins, Inc., d/b/a No Ethanol Fernandina

105) Figgers Communication, Inc.

106) Fire Neural Network

107) Florida A & M University Foundation

108) Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts, Inc.

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

110) Florida Chiropractic Association, Inc

111) Florida Entertainment & Arts Venues Association, Inc.

112) Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, Inc

113) Florida Podiatric Medical Association

114) Florida Power & Light Company

115) Florida Rural Water Association

116) Florida Sheriffs Risk Management Fund

117) Florida Society of Ophthalmology

118) Florida Society of Pathologists

119) Florida Tomato Exchange

120) Florida Transportation Builders Association, Inc

121) Florida Veterinary Medical Association

122) FOP Foundation

123) Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

124) Foster Care Review, Inc

125) Foundation for Seminole State College of Florida, Inc

126) Fresenius Medical Care North America

127) Friends of the Underline, Inc.

128) FSCC, LLC

129) GAF Materials, LLC

130) Gates Housing Group, LLC

131) GlaxoSmithKline

132) Habilitation Center for the Handicapped, Inc.

133) Health Care District of Palm Beach County

134) Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners

135) HistoryMiami Museum

136) HNTB Corporation

137) Hope Healthcare

138) Horizon Oakland Park, LLC

139) Housing Trust Group, LLC

140) Huntsman International LLC

141) Ibis Healthcare, Inc.

142) IGT and its Affiliates

143) Indelible Management Solutions, Inc.

144) Infrastructure Rehabilitation USA, Inc.

145) Inseparable Action Inc.

146) Intellectually Developmentally Disabled Community Foundation

147) International Atlantic, LLC

148) Investment Corporation of Palm Beach

149) Jacksonville Port Authority

150) Jacksonville Transportation Authority

151) Jacob Rodgers

152) Keystone Properties, L.L.C.

153) Kinder Morgan, Inc.

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

155) Kleo, Inc. d/b/a ClassWallet

156) KPMG LLP

157) L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

158) Lee Health System, Inc

159) Liberty Dental Plan

160) LifeScience Logistics

161) Lighthouse Central Florida

162) Linden Airport Services Corporation

163) Lions World Vision Institute, Inc.

164) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

165) Lucent Group, Inc.

166) Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

167) M&M Realty Partners LLC

168) Major League Baseball

169) Marine Towing of Tampa, LLC

170) Martin County Board of County Commissioners

171) Max Planck Florida Foundation, Inc

172) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc

173) MCI, LC

174) Meta Platforms, Inc.

175) Miami Dade College Foundation

176) Miami Design District Associates, LLC

177) Miami Learning Experience School

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

179) MorseLife Health System

180) Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

181) Mount Sinai Medical Center

182) NAIOP Tampa Bay

183) National Rental Home Council

184) National Veterinary Associates, Inc.

185) Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc.

186) Natural Health Partners, LLC

187) New York Yankees

188) Nomi Health Inc

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

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

191) Nova Southeastern University

192) NTT Data, Inc.

193) Nuestra Senora de la Vivienda Community Foundation

194) Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

195) Online Lenders Alliance

196) Orange Barrel Media

197) Padel X

198) Palm Beach Aggregates, LLC

199) Panza, Maurer & Maynard, P.A.

200) Parsons Transportation Group Inc.

201) Pensacola State College Foundation, Inc.

202) PointClickCare Technologies USA Corp

203) Public Health Trust

204) Quarterhill

205) RAI Services Company

206) Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola, Inc.

207) ReaSyn Technologies, Inc.

208) Renew Financial Group LLC

209) Revenue Based Finance Coalition

210) RightSite Health

211) Robinhood

212) RUDG, LLC

213) Safe Harbor Hospice LLC

214) SaferWatch

215) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

216) Sanford Airport Authority

217) SAS Institute, Inc

218) Security Scorecard

219) Selah Freedom

220) Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC

221) Sentara Health Plans, Inc.

222) SePro Corporation

223) Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.

224) SHEIN Technology LLC

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

226) Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc.

227) Skyward, Inc.

228) Socure, Inc.

229) Solar Sportsystems, Inc

230) South Central Florida Express, Inc

231) South Florida Police Benevolent Association

232) Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, LLC.

233) Southern Technical College Suncoast, LLC

234) Spark Learning, Inc.

235) SPIDR Tech, Inc.

236) Spray Foam Coalition Association

237) St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care

238) Stalwart Equities

239) State Armor

240) Strategic Digital Services

241) Stride, Inc.

242) Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

243) Sunfest Herbs LLC

244) SWARM Inc.

245) Talk of the Town, Inc.

246) Tampa General Hospital

247) Teach Florida

248) The Florida Theatre

249) The Private Suite

250) The School Board of Lee County

251) Titan America LLC

252) Town of Lantana

253) Town of Palm Beach

254) Transit Village Venture, LLC

255) Tremco Incorporated

256) Trulieve, Inc.

257) Unite USA, Inc.

258) United States Sugar Corporation

259) University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc.

260) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

261) University of Miami

262) Univfy, Inc.

263) Ventra Health

264) Versaterm Public Safety

265) Village of North Palm Beach

266) Voices for Children Foundation, Inc

267) VyStar Credit Union

268) Walden Lake, LLC

269) Walgreen Company

270) Walk Off Charities

271) WeatherSTEM

272) Wheeler Emergency Management Consulting, LLC

273) Wildlandscapes International

274) Windstorm Mitigation, Inc

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

276) Xerox Corporation and its affiliates

277) YMCA of the Palm Beaches

278) Youth Opportunity Investments

279) Zoox, Inc.

280) Zscaler, Inc.

MATHEW FORREST

(Florida)
Clients:

ADRIAN LUKIS

(Florida)
  • (850) 577-0444

  • 201 East Park Avenue5th FLTallahasseeFlorida32301

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