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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 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.

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ROBERT GEDDIE

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ROBERT GEDDIE

(Alabama, )

Fine Geddie & Associates, LLC

geddie@finegeddie.com
334-262-2577
423 South Hull Street, Montgomery, AL, 36104,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website, TAG Profile

Fine, Geddie & Associates, Inc. is a well established governmental affairs and legislative services firm located in Montgomery, Alabama. The firm represents a cadre of blue chip corporate clients and business interests before the Alabama legislature and various departments of state government. Fine, Geddie clients are among the nation's most successful businesses. The firm provides a coordinated and reliable approach to issues which contributes to their clients' success and profitability. Each principal and associate has a thorough understanding of issues, process and procedure and gives personal and prompt attention to all clients at all times.

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Fine, Geddie and Associates has been an active force in legislative and governmental issues during the last decade. Areas of expertise and experience include legislative lobbying, regulatory and agency advocacy, research, assessment and monitoring, procurement, local government lobbying and economic development. Through excellent research capabilities, the firm can enhance its clients' knowledge of voting patterns, constituent groups, and political contributions to provide a reliable approach to governmental issues.

1) 50 to 1, LLC on behalf of Dell Technologies

2) 68 Ventures

3) Advantage Capital Partners, LLC

4) Alabama Community College System

5) Alabama High School Athletic Association

6) Alabama Hospital Association

7) Alabama Interactive, LLC DBA NIC Alabama

8) Alabama Manufactured Housing Association

9) Alabama Nursing Home Association

10) Alabama Power Company

11) Alabama Road Builders Association

12) Alabama State Port Authority

13) Alabama Trucking Association

14) Alabama Water Utilities, INC

15) Alfa Insurance Group and Affiliates

16) Allwyn North America INC

17) AltaPointe Health Systems, Inc.

18) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates

19) Amazon.com Services, LLC

20) American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC)

21) American Petroleum Institute

22) APM Terminals

23) Aronov Realty Management, Inc.

24) Ashland Farm LLC & Flint Hill Farm LLC

25) Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama

26) BMG LoansAtWork Inc.

27) Bradford Health Services

28) Brasfield & Gorrie

29) Broad Metro LLC

30) CHSPSC, LLC

31) City of Enterprise

32) City of Gadsden

33) Colonial Pipeline Company

34) Company-South Central, LLC & its Affiliates DBA Enterprise Mobility

35) Cooper Surgical INC

36) CRH Americas

37) Curriculum Associates LLC

38) CVS Health and Affiliated Entities

39) Deloitte Consulting LLP

40) Drummond Company Inc.

41) East Alabama Medical Center

42) EBSCO Industries, Inc.

43) FFFEnterprises, Inc. Fortinet

44) Honda Development& Manufacturing of America, LLC, HDMA McWane, Inc.

45) Medical Association of the State of Alabama Menawa Group LLC

46) Outdoor Advertising Association of Alabama Ozark Striping Company

47) Partners Eighty, LLC

48) Southeast Land Title Association d/b/a Alabama Land Title Association Southeast Oil & Gas Association

49) Talladega Superspeedway, LLC

50) Timberline Construction Group UAB Health System

51) Women's Foundation of Alabama

BOB GEDDIE grew up in Elmore County and attended public schools in Robinson Springs and Wetumpka. After graduating from Marion Military Institute (A.A.) and Auburn University (BA), he joined the Washington staff of the late U.S. Senator John Sparkman as Sparksman's legislative assistant. He later coordinated Sparkman's Alabama offices. Geddie served for four years as Legislative Liaison and as Executive Assistant to Governor Fob James. He was the Governor's representative to the National Governor's Association, Interstate Mining Compact and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Commission. Prior to forming Fine Geddie & Associates in 1985, he was Director of State Governmental Affairs for Alabama Power Company.

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BENJAMIN PATTERSON

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BENJAMIN PATTERSON

(Alabama, )

Fine Geddie & Associates, LLC

ben@finegeddie.com
334-262-2577
423 S. Hull Street, Montgomery, AL, 36104,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

I have been in government relations for 25 years. I am a partner in a multi-client firm with a broad spectrum of clients in every major sector. Prior to joining Fine Geddie I worked in the Finance Department of both Republican and Democrat governors, where I oversaw procurement, information technology and fiscal/financial legislation. I have worked in the financial services sector in government relations and for the state' largest business association. I have successfully managed a wide array of legislative, regulatory, economic development, and procurement issues in state and local government.

Fine Geddie was established in 1984 as the first contract lobbying firm in the State of Alabama. We are an ethnically, age, gender and disciplinarily diverse firm. We are bipartisan. Our six partners have over 200 years of combined experience in government relations. Fine Geddie has been integrally involved in most every significant legislative issue in Alabama the last 36 years. Our growth has been fueled by consistent results and successful outcomes. The most prominent businesses with a presence in Alabama rely on Fine Geddie as their most trusted advisors for navigating government relations.

1) 50 to 1, LLC on behalf of Dell Technologies

2) 68 Ventures

3) Advantage Capital Partners, LLC

4) Alabama Community College System

5) Alabama High School Athletic Association

6) Alabama Hospital Association

7) Alabama Interactive, LLC DBA NIC Alabama

8) Alabama Manufactured Housing Association

9) Alabama Nursing Home Association

10) Alabama Power Company

11) Alabama Road Builders Association

12) Alabama State Port Authority

13) Alabama Trucking Association

14) Alabama Water Utilities, INC

15) Alfa Insurance Group and Affiliates

16) Allwyn North America INC

17) AltaPointe Health Systems, Inc.

18) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates

19) Amazon.com Services, LLC

20) American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC)

21) American Petroleum Institute

22) APM Terminals

23) Aronov Realty Management, Inc.

24) Ashland Farm LLC & Flint Hill Farm LLC

25) Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama

26) BMG LoansAtWork Inc.

27) Bradford Health Services

28) Brasfield & Gorrie

29) Broad Metro LLC

30) CHSPSC, LLC

31) City of Enterprise

32) City of Gadsden

33) Colonial Pipeline Company

34) Company-South Central, LLC & its Affiliates DBA Enterprise Mobility

35) Cooper Surgical INC

36) CRH Americas

37) Curriculum Associates LLC

38) CVS Health and Affiliated Entities

39) Deloitte Consulting LLP

40) Drummond Company Inc.

41) East Alabama Medical Center

42) EBSCO Industries, Inc.

43) FFFEnterprises, Inc. Fortinet

44) Honda Development& Manufacturing of America, LLC, HDMA McWane, Inc.

45) Medical Association of the State of Alabama Menawa Group LLC

46) Outdoor Advertising Association of Alabama Ozark Striping Company

47) Partners Eighty, LLC

48) Southeast Land Title Association d/b/a Alabama Land Title Association Southeast Oil & Gas Association

49) Talladega Superspeedway, LLC

50) Timberline Construction Group UAB Health System

51) Women's Foundation of Alabama

20+ years

We are available to discuss past achievements in many areas of government relations.

We work across branches and across all agencies of state government.

Ben Patterson grew up in Florence, Alabama. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama where he taught seminars in State and Local Government and American Politics until 1996.

Prior to joining Fine Geddie in 2004 he served as the Deputy Finance Director for the State of Alabama under two governors and helped guide both administrations' legislative efforts on fiscal issues. He also held the position of Chief Information Officer, overseeing the state's technology acquisitions in the late 1990s. During his tenures in state government, he gained a thorough understanding of government operations, procurement, information technology, state budgets and controls, and the complexities of Alabama's tax structure.

Ben Patterson also served as the Director of Government Relations for the Alabama Bankers Association from 2000 until 2003 where he was the principal advocate for the state banking industry. He began his lobbying career as a Manager of Legislative Affairs for the Business Council of Alabama in 1996.

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EMILY HEATWOLE KEENEY

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EMILY HEATWOLE KEENEY

(South Carolina, )

Adams and Reese

emily.keeney@arlaw.com
8032124967
1221 Main Street Suite 1200, Columbia, SC, 29205,

Subjects: Business/Commerce, Housing/Real Estate/Development/Construction, Insurance, Planning/Land Use/Zoning, Professional/Vocational Licensing, Public Safety, RFP/Procurement, Taxes

I have worked with the South Carolina Legislature, state agencies and Constitutional Officers for over 15 years. I am highly experienced in navigating the state appropriations legislative processes. I am highly skilled at assisting clients by identifying multiple pathways to achieve the intended goals and outcomes.

1) Acadia Healthcare

2) American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network,Inc

3) Charter Schools USA

4) City of Cayce

5) Communities In Schools of South Carolina

6) Curriculum Associates

7) Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.

8) Greenville Water System

9) Healthy Learners

10) Infinite Campus

11) Junior Achievement of Greater SC

12) Kiawah Development Partners

13) Liminex, Inc.

14) Meta Platforms, Inc.

15) Metrc LLC

16) Meyer Center for Special Children

17) National Medal of Honor Center for Leadership

18) New Morning Foundation

19) Novo Nordisk, Inc.

20) Pattison's Academy

21) Richland-Lexington Airport District

22) Santee Development Corporation, LLC

23) SC EMS Association

24) Share Our Strength

25) Simformotion LLC

26) South Carolina Interactive, LLC

27) The College Board

28) The R L Bryan Company

29) The Town of Lexington

30) Town of Edisto Beach

31) University Of South Carolina

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Prior to joining Adams and Reese, Emily served as the Director of Government Affairs for the South Carolina Department of Education. In this role, she served as the liaison between the agency and South Carolina's General Assembly, the Governor, the Congressional Delegation, other state agencies and stakeholder groups. Additionally, during the legislative session she provided public testimony during hearings, coordinated agency policy development, and annually facilitated the agency budget request through the Governor's Office and the General Assembly.

Emily also spent seven years within the South Carolina House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee, serving as a budget analyst with involvement in the Health and Human Services Budget Subcommittee and the Public Education and Special Schools Subcommittee. Her work included coordinating the passage of $2 billion in state appropriations through the budget process and coordinating communication between the General Assembly, the state's school districts and the South Carolina Department of Education, as well as a variety of legislation affecting K-12 education, property tax, and sales and use tax.

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MARK CATE

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MARK CATE

(Tennessee, )

Stones River Group

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

Mark Cate is the Founder and President of Stones River Group, a Nashville-based public affairs firm serving both Tennessee, regional and national clients. He formerly served as Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam's chief of staff, where he was his top advisor, strategist and negotiator.

1) Acadia Healthcare

2) ACT Education Corp.

3) Advantage Capital

4) Aunt Bertha, a Public Benefit Corporation d/b/a findhelp

5) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC

6) Blount Partnership

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

8) Capitol Towers Ltd.

9) CFKAA Holdings, LLC

10) CG of Tennessee LLC

11) CHEEKWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN AND MUSEUM OF ART

12) CMH Services Inc.

13) Cognia

14) Communities In Schools of Tennessee

15) CooperSurgical

16) Critical Nurse Staffing, LLC

17) Curriculum Associates, LLC

18) DELTA DENTAL OF TN

19) DGA Residential LLC

20) Emerald Youth Foundation

21) Energy Systems Group, LLC

22) Ernst & Young LLP

23) Esper Regulatory Technologies Inc.

24) FACT

25) Family First, Inc.

26) Fertility Providers Alliance

27) Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc.

28) Graduation Alliance, Inc

29) Greater Nashville Regional Council

30) INGRAM INDUSTRIES, INC.

31) Jackson Madison County School System

32) Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee

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

34) Knox County

35) Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc.

36) Koch Government Affairs, LLC and Affiliates

37) L3Harris Technologies

38) Lorraine Civil Rights Foundation dba National Civil Rights Museum

39) Maryville College

40) Maximus, Inc.

41) Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc

42) Memphis Shelby Crime Commission

43) Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority

44) Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

45) Nashville Soccer Holdings, LLC

46) Opportunity Tennessee

47) PathGroup

48) PayIt, LLC

49) Possip, Inc.

50) PowerSchool Group LLC

51) Salesforce, Inc.

52) SAS Institute Inc.

53) SH Advisors LLC

54) SME Education Foundation

55) Southeastern University, Inc

56) Southern College of Optometry

57) STV Incorporated

58) SWVP NYards Services Company LLC

59) Tech901

60) Tennessee Charter School Center

61) The Adoption Project

62) The United Company

63) TN Development District Assn

64) Uptown Property Holdings LLC

65) WASTE MANAGEMENT

66) Wolf River Harbor Holdings, LLC

67) YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South

6-10 years

I have been recognized by the Nashville Post list of In-Charge: Government & Politics for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Our firm was recognized nationally by the Public Relations Society of America for our comprehensive public affairs campaign to bring Major League Soccer to Nashville

Mark Cate is the Founder and President of Stones River Group, a Nashville-based public affairs firm serving both Tennessee, regional and national clients. He formerly served as Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam's chief of staff, where he was his top advisor, strategist and negotiator.

During his tenure with the Haslam Administration, Mark led several legislative policy initiatives, including K-12 education reform, workers' compensation reform, civil service reform, an alternative approach to Medicaid expansion, and postsecondary education reform, including the nationally-acclaimed Tennessee Promise program.

Prior to serving in state government, Mark successfully managed Governor Haslam's first gubernatorial campaign in 2010, which led to a record-setting general election victory. He previously worked as an executive in real estate management and development and served for 16 years as a higher education leader. Over the course of his career, Mark has served as a chief development officer, chief planning officer, chief marketing officer, and as a chief financial officer�working on budgets ranging from $10 million to $30 billion.

Mark grew up in Maryville, TN and currently lives in Brentwood with his wife Cathy who serves as the Executive Director of Leadership Tennessee. He and Cathy have two daughters, Bailey who is a recent graduate at Rhodes College and currently serves as a fellow at the Crop Trust in Bonn, Germany; and Abbie who is rising junior at George Washington University.

Cate received a B.S from Carson-Newman College, an M.S from the University of Tennessee, and Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management certificate program. He's served on a wide variety of non-profit boards and was an elected member of the Maryville Board of Education.

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CARY KOCH

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CARY KOCH

(Louisiana, )

K2 Advocacy

cary@k2advocacy.com
225-420-8920
633 Lakeland Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802,

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Facebook, Instagram, Website

K2 Advocacy combines deep expertise in government relations with a passion for making a difference. Based in Louisiana, we understand the political and regulatory landscape and work hard to ensure your voice is heard at every level of government. From lobbying to association management to strategic consulting, we are committed to driving meaningful results for our clients.

15-20 years

With deep ties to Louisiana's political landscape, we bring a local perspective, but engage across state lines to help clients broaden their services across the nation.