Sara Clements is a government affairs consultant based in Tallahassee, Florida with a strong background in PreK-12 education policy and not-for-profit work. She also has experience working in the areas of criminal justice, child welfare, postsecondary and workforce issues, healthcare, insurance, emergency management, financial services, and more.

6-10 years

Named a "30 Under 30 Rising Stars in Florida Politics" by Florida Politics in 2014

Strong relationships in the Florida Department of Education, as well as the chairs and staff of education policy and appropriations committees in both legislative chambers, and many other agencies and policy areas, including the Department of Children and Families, Department of Corrections, and more.

Sara has more than a decade of experience in education policy and government affairs, starting as a K-12 public school teacher. She thrives on helping clients achieve complex and challenging goals and has become a respected and trusted voice for education policy issues in Tallahassee.

Sara joined McGuireWoods Consulting in 2018 after six years of leading government affairs for nonprofits in Florida. Prior to MWC, Sara led external and legislative affairs for Step Up For Students, the largest K-12 scholarship funding organization in the nation. Before that, she was the Florida Legislative Affairs Director for the Foundation for Excellence in Education. In addition to education, Sara has experience in the areas of child welfare, criminal justice, juvenile justice, healthcare, insurance, and more.

In 2011, while still in the classroom, Sara was nominated for Orange County Public Schools Teacher of the Year award. By 2014, Sara was named one of "30 Under 30 Rising Stars" by Florida Politics, the state's predominant political news site.

Sara received her bachelor's degree in English Education from the University of North Florida in 2007 and her master's degree in Education Policy and Evaluation from Florida State University in 2014.

Sara is a member of Leadership Florida, the American Enterprise Institute's State Leadership Network, and co-founder of Lean In Tallahassee. In her spare time, she volunteers as a guardian ad litem in Florida's Second Judicial Circuit and fosters dogs through a local animal rescue organization. Sara lives in Tallahassee with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog.

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Clients:
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) bioMérieux, Inc.

13) Broward County Clerk of the Court

14) Capio Partners

15) Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC

16) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

17) Citigroup Washington Inc.

18) City of Boca Raton

19) City of Fort Lauderdale

20) Cityblock Health, Inc.

21) Collier County Public Schools

22) Coventry

23) CVS Health and All Affiliates

24) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

25) DialCare, LLC.

26) Discovery Education

27) Emovis USA, Inc.

28) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.

29) Field of Dreams

30) Florida Association of District School Superintendents

31) Florida Association of Health Plans

32) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

33) Florida Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists

34) Florida Association of World IB Schools

35) Florida Institute of Technology

36) Florida Keys Educational Foundation, Inc.

37) Florida Polytechnic University Foundation, Inc.

38) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

39) Florida Realtors

40) Florida Surplus Lines Association

41) Fox Corporation

42) Franklin County Board of County Commissioners

43) Gartner, Inc.

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

45) Graduation Alliance, Inc.

46) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

47) Health Law Section of the Florida Bar

48) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

49) Innovation Foundation

50) Insurance Auto Auctions

51) Integrated Home Care Services, Inc.

52) Keystone Peer Review Organization, LLC dba Acentra Health

53) Lennar Homes, LLC

54) Lexmark International, Inc.

55) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

56) Mithril Defense

57) ModivCare Solutions LLC

58) Neal Land Development Group

59) New College Foundation, Inc.

60) NLP Logix

61) Northwest Florida State College Foundation, Inc.

62) Oportun, Inc.

63) Preferred Care Hospice LLC

64) Provado Mobile Health

65) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

66) RAI Services Company

67) RELX Inc.

68) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

69) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

70) Safelite Group, Inc.

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

72) Sellers Dorsey

73) Service Contract Industry Council

74) South Automotive Group

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

76) St. Petersburg College Foundation

77) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

78) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

79) Take Stock in Children

80) The City of Venice

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

82) The Everglades Trust

83) The GEO Group, Inc.

84) The North Highland Company

85) The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida

86) The School Board of Pinellas County

87) The School Board of Sarasota County

88) The Travelers Indemnity Company

89) Trinity Education Group

90) UMA Education, Inc.

91) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

92) University of Florida Student Government Association

93) USAA

94) Veyer, LLC

95) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

96) Vistra Communications

97) Voya Services Company

98) Yamaha Marine

99) Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A

100) Zurich American Insurance Company