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20+ years

Co-Chair of the Judicial Nominating Commission
Serves on Executive Committee of Georgia Chamber
Transition Co-Chair for Governor Brian Kemp in 2018

Mark Middleton, a 1991 Graduate of the University of Georgia's School of Law, has focused his practice on governmental relations, agency procurement, legislative drafting, and regulatory law. He is a partner with Middleton Public Affairs, LLC ("MPA"), and the respected statewide law firm of Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, LLC.

As a former Hearing Officer at the Georgia Public Service Commission, and as the Georgia Department of Education Chief of Staff, Mark brings a broad range of experiences for the benefit of his clients.

Mark has also been politically active, primarily providing legal advice and policy direction to various campaigns and initiatives, including the successful campaign that created the City of Peachtree Corners. In the 2018 election cycle, Mark served as the Senior Policy Advisor and Transition Co-Chair to Republican Governor Brian P. Kemp.

He currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Judicial Nominating Commission.

MGA is an Austin, Texas-based governmental affairs consulting firm that offers the intimacy of a boutique lobbying firm with the resources and capabilities of a national organization.

The Firm has decades of strategic experience working in and around the Texas Legislature - ensuring that the client is always represented on both sides of the political aisle. MGA offers a combination of detailed, information-based lobbying together with unparalleled expertise in the Texas legislative process.

At MGA, the principals are always intimately involved in every aspect of the client relationship and employ an individualized, hands-on approach specifically tailored to each client's needs. On behalf of our clients, we are involved at every level of crafting policy in both the legislative and regulatory arenas.

20+ years

Named Top Lobbyist by Austin Business Journal Girl Scouts' "Woman of Distinction" AwardAustin Business Journal's "Profiles in Power" "Austin Under 40" AwardGlossy 8 list by Austin American-Statesman Austin Fashion Week's "Style Setter" Award

  • There are two general types of advocates - those that report what happens and those that make things happen. Andrea is among the very best of those that make things happen. - Brint Ryan, CEO, Ryan LLC
  • Lobbyist, political fundraiser and national political commentator Andrea McWilliams is a skilled strategist, combining grace with grit and patience with persuasion. Known for her meticulous attention to detail, McWilliams brings her unique expertise to every issue she engages drawing on her time in both the private and public sector. The national media, including FOX News, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, USA Today, CNN, BBC, and NPR have all reported on McWilliams' role as a leading fundraiser and political strategist. Named Texas Businesswoman of the Year by the Women's Chamber of Commerce of Texas, she was recognized as "consigliere to the powerful and political." McWilliams was the only lobbyist profiled together with the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House in Texas Monthly's "POWER" feature highlighting the most powerful people at the Texas Capitol.

    McWilliams is also a proud recipient of both the Austin Business Journal's "Profiles in Power" and the Girl Scouts' "Woman of Distinction" Award. She has received the "Austin Under 40" Award, and the Austin American-Statesman honored her as a member of its Glossy 8 list. Last year, McWilliams received Austin Fashion Week's "Style Setter" Award, recognizing her work and dedication on behalf of local nonprofit organizations.

    A Chief of Staff at the Texas Capitol at just 21, McWilliams went on to hone her private sector grassroots skills at the iconic public relations company Public Strategies, Inc. Today, she is the President of McWilliams Governmental Affairs (MGA), a full-service firm of governmental affairs consultants, respected and trusted at the local, state and national level.

    Family and Community:

    Raised just steps from the Texas Capitol on Congress Avenue, McWilliams now resides in Old Enfield, raising three children in a historic home.

    She is a well-known philanthropist, community volunteer and proud native of Austin, named on many occasions to the "All-Stars" of Austin American Statesman Fortunate 500 list. McWilliams is honored to serve on the Board of St. David's Medical Center, one of the largest health systems in Texas and the third-largest private employer in the Austin area. Last year, McWilliams was also appointed to the Board of the Save Historic Muny District whose charge is to preserve 141-acres of green space in Central Austin that includes Lions Municipal Golf Course ("Muny"), widely recognized as the first public golf course in the South to become integrated and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, she enjoys her time on the Pease Park Capital Campaign Committee whose efforts will transform this important landmark for future generations in her hometown.

    McWilliams currently serves on the PAC Board of RYAN, an award-winning global tax services firm based in Dallas. And, she has also served as a board member for many other non-profit organizations, including Texas Lyceum, Mexi-Arte Museum, Arthouse, Rise Across Texas Challenge, HeartGift, Austin Children in Crisis, Pioneer Farms and the Waterloo President's Council. She is an inaugural member of the Long Center's Notable Women and a long-time member of the St. David's Hospital Toast of the Town Committee. True to her roots, McWilliams is a proud past President of Inherit Austin, an organization founded to preserve Austin's architectural and cultural past by not only protecting the city's important landmarks and historical fabric, but safeguarding its unique character as well.

    McWilliams has represented the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and KillCancer, two nonprofit groups committed to cancer prevention. She was also honorary chair for the Mamma Jamma Ride, which since its inaugural ride, has raised millions of dollars for non-profits serving thousands of Central Texans coping with breast cancer. In recognition, the Seton Breast Cancer Center in Austin named their screening room after McWilliams. In 2018, McWilliams additionally served as the honorary chair of the Celebration of Life, the most significant fundraising event for breast cancer in Austin, Texas.

    In partnership with the Austin Business Journal, McWilliams enjoys volunteering as a business mentor to other young women in Central Texas. Aside from her continued board service with Preservation Austin, Ballet Austin and the Pease Park Conservancy, she also served as a member of the Girl Scouts Centennial Celebration Committee and chaired Austin's largest charity event, the Ballet Fete, benefiting Ballet Austin. McWilliams additionally co-chaired the Marathon Kids gala and was a chair of the University of Texas Blanton Museum of Art Gala. In support of the Center for Child Protection, McWilliams was a celebrity dancer for Austin's inaugural "Dancing With The Stars" fundraising event. She is a proud past member of the Texas Emerald Ball Committee, whose endeavors support the American Ireland Fund.

    During the 86th Legislative Session, McWilliams also served on the Governor For A Day Committee.

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    Clients:
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    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 Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.

    8) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

    9) Assurant Group

    10) AT&T Services, Inc.

    11) Atkins North America, Inc.

    12) bestbet Jacksonville

    13) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC

    14) Boatsetter

    15) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

    16) Brandt Information Services

    17) Broward College Foundation

    18) Broward County

    19) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

    20) C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc.

    21) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

    22) CDR Maguire

    23) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

    24) Cicero Action

    25) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

    26) Citigroup Washington Inc.

    27) City of Boca Raton

    28) City of Coral Gables

    29) City of Fort Lauderdale

    30) Clara Homes

    31) Cody Khan

    32) Community Care Plan

    33) Community US Fund Management Inc.

    34) Coventry

    35) CVS Health and All Affiliates

    36) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    37) Development Corporation for Israel

    38) DialCare, LLC.

    39) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

    40) Ecoresiliency Miami LLC

    41) Ecosouth Florida, LLC

    42) Elevated, LLC

    43) Elite DNA Therapy

    44) Emovis USA, Inc.

    45) Environmental Resilient Communities LLC

    46) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.

    47) Field of Dreams

    48) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals

    49) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

    50) Florida Community Financial Services Association

    51) Florida Credit Union 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) Florida Transportation Builders Association

    59) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association

    60) Fox Corporation

    61) G7 Security Services

    62) Gartner, Inc.

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

    64) Graduation Alliance, Inc.

    65) Grind Hard Ammo LLC

    66) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

    67) Hillpointe, LLC

    68) Horsepower Electric

    69) INSIGHTEC

    70) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

    71) K9s for Warriors

    72) Kalshi Inc.

    73) Land Sea Homes

    74) Lennar Homes, LLC

    75) Litecon LLC

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

    77) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

    78) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

    79) Melbourne Greyhound Park

    80) Memorial Healthcare System

    81) Miami-Dade County

    82) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners

    83) Neal Communities

    84) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

    85) Neal Land Development Group

    86) New College Foundation, Inc.

    87) Nile Inc.

    88) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

    89) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

    90) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

    91) Orange Barrel Media

    92) Orlando Health

    93) Palm Beach Atlantic University

    94) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

    95) Palm Beach Zoo

    96) Paypal

    97) PCI Gaming

    98) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

    99) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    100) Primerica, Inc.

    101) PrizePicks

    102) Project LIFT

    103) Promise Network Inc.

    104) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

    105) RAI Services Company

    106) Real Public Notices LLC

    107) RELX Inc.

    108) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

    109) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

    110) Ryan, LLC

    111) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

    112) SaferWatch, LLC

    113) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

    114) SAI Interactive

    115) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

    116) School Board of Brevard County

    117) Sellers Dorsey

    118) Sobe Sky Development, LLC

    119) South Automotive Group

    120) St. Petersburg College Foundation

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

    122) Starkey Hearing Technologies

    123) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

    124) Take Stock in Children

    125) Tamiami 137, LLC

    126) Tampa Bay Rays

    127) The City of Miami

    128) The City of Venice

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

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

    131) The Everglades Trust

    132) The GEO Group, Inc.

    133) The North Highland Company

    134) Town Of Highland Beach

    135) TRC Companies, Inc.

    136) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

    137) University of Florida Student Government Association

    138) University of Miami

    139) Veyer, LLC

    140) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

    141) Waste Management Inc. of Florida

    142) WolfCap Team, LLC

    143) Woolpert, Inc.

    Clients:

    1) 3M Company

    2) abertis USA

    3) Accenture LLP

    4) ACT Education Corp.

    5) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

    6) Adobe Inc.

    7) Ajax Building Company, LLC

    8) American Arbitration Association

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

    10) Assurant Group

    11) bestbet Jacksonville

    12) Broward County Clerk of the Court

    13) Capio Partners

    14) Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC

    15) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

    16) Citigroup Washington Inc.

    17) City of Boca Raton

    18) City of Fort Lauderdale

    19) Cityblock Health, Inc.

    20) Collier County Public Schools

    21) Coventry

    22) CVS Health and All Affiliates

    23) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    24) DialCare, LLC.

    25) Discovery Education

    26) Emovis USA, Inc.

    27) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.

    28) Field of Dreams

    29) Florida Association of District School Superintendents

    30) Florida Association of Health Plans

    31) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

    32) Florida Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists

    33) Florida Association of World IB Schools

    34) Florida Institute of Technology

    35) Florida Keys Educational Foundation, Inc.

    36) Florida Polytechnic University Foundation, Inc.

    37) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

    38) Florida Realtors

    39) Florida Surplus Lines Association

    40) Fox Corporation

    41) Franklin County Board of County Commissioners

    42) Gartner, Inc.

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

    44) Graduation Alliance, Inc.

    45) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

    46) Health Law Section of the Florida Bar

    47) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

    48) Innovation Foundation

    49) Insurance Auto Auctions

    50) Integrated Home Care Services, Inc.

    51) Keystone Peer Review Organization, LLC dba Acentra Health

    52) Lennar Homes, LLC

    53) Lexmark International, Inc.

    54) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

    55) Mithril Defense

    56) ModivCare Solutions LLC

    57) Neal Land Development Group

    58) New College Foundation, Inc.

    59) NLP Logix

    60) Northwest Florida State College Foundation, Inc.

    61) Oportun, Inc.

    62) Preferred Care Hospice LLC

    63) Provado Mobile Health

    64) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

    65) RAI Services Company

    66) RELX Inc.

    67) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

    68) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

    69) Safelite Group, Inc.

    70) Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Van Wezel Foundation, Inc.

    71) Sellers Dorsey

    72) Service Contract Industry Council

    73) South Automotive Group

    74) St. John Advertising and Public Relations, Inc.

    75) St. Petersburg College Foundation

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

    77) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

    78) Take Stock in Children

    79) The City of Venice

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

    81) The Everglades Trust

    82) The GEO Group, Inc.

    83) The North Highland Company

    84) The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida

    85) The School Board of Pinellas County

    86) The School Board of Sarasota County

    87) The Travelers Indemnity Company

    88) Trinity Education Group

    89) UMA Education, Inc.

    90) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

    91) University of Florida Student Government Association

    92) USAA

    93) Veyer, LLC

    94) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

    95) Vistra Communications

    96) Voya Services Company

    97) Yamaha Marine

    98) Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A

    99) Zurich American Insurance Company

    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 Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.

    6) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

    7) Atkins North America, Inc.

    8) bestbet Jacksonville

    9) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

    10) Brandt Information Services

    11) Broward College Foundation

    12) Broward County

    13) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

    14) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

    15) CDR Maguire

    16) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

    17) Cicero Action

    18) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

    19) Citigroup Washington Inc.

    20) City of Coral Gables

    21) City of Fort Lauderdale

    22) Clara Homes

    23) Community Care Plan

    24) Community US Fund Management Inc.

    25) Coral Rock Development Group, LLC

    26) Coventry

    27) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    28) Development Corporation for Israel

    29) DialCare, LLC.

    30) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

    31) Elevated, LLC

    32) Elite DNA Therapy

    33) Field of Dreams

    34) Florida Association of District School Superintendents

    35) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

    36) Florida Community Financial Services Association

    37) Florida Credit Union Association

    38) Florida Institute of Technology

    39) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

    40) Florida Power & Light Company

    41) Florida Realtors

    42) Florida Surplus Lines Association

    43) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association

    44) Fox Corporation

    45) Gartner, Inc.

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

    47) Grind Hard Ammo LLC

    48) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

    49) Hillpointe, LLC

    50) Horsepower Electric

    51) INSIGHTEC

    52) International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

    53) K9s for Warriors

    54) Kalshi Inc.

    55) Land Sea Homes

    56) Lennar Homes, LLC

    57) Litecon LLC

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

    59) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

    60) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

    61) Melbourne Greyhound Park

    62) Memorial Healthcare System

    63) Neal Communities

    64) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

    65) Neal Land Development Group

    66) New College Foundation, Inc.

    67) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

    68) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

    69) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

    70) Oportun, Inc.

    71) Orange Barrel Media

    72) Orlando Health

    73) Palm Beach Atlantic University

    74) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

    75) Palm Beach Zoo

    76) Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

    77) Paypal

    78) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

    79) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

    80) PrizePicks

    81) Project LIFT

    82) Promise Network Inc.

    83) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

    84) RAI Services Company

    85) RELX Inc.

    86) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

    87) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

    88) Ryan, LLC

    89) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

    90) SaferWatch, LLC

    91) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

    92) SAI Interactive

    93) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

    94) School Board of Brevard County

    95) Sellers Dorsey

    96) Sobe Sky Development, LLC

    97) St. Petersburg College Foundation

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

    99) Starkey Hearing Technologies

    100) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

    101) Take Stock in Children

    102) Tampa Bay Rays

    103) The City of Miami

    104) The City of Venice

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

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

    107) The Everglades Trust

    108) The GEO Group, Inc.

    109) The North Highland Company

    110) TRC Companies, Inc.

    111) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

    112) University of Florida Student Government Association

    113) University of Miami

    114) Veyer, LLC

    115) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

    116) Waste Management Inc. of Florida

    117) WolfCap Team, LLC

    118) Woolpert, Inc.