1) AirSight
3) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
5) American Property Casualty Insurance Association
7) Apple Inc
8) Aramark Correctional Services, LLC
9) Beer Industry of Florida, Inc
11) Clay County Board of County Commissioners
12) Copart, Inc
15) Episcopal Children's Services, Inc.
16) Estuary LLC.
17) Fidelity National Financial, Inc
18) Florida Blue
19) Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
20) Florida Pulp & Paper Association
21) Florida Sheriffs Association
24) Gulfstream Natural Gas System, LLC
29) Key West International Airport
30) Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC and Affiliates
31) LEO Technologies
32) Metro Development Group, LLC
34) Panhandle Engineering, Inc.
36) Phillips Infrastructure Corp.
37) Putnam County
38) Raydient LLC
39) Rayonier, Inc
40) Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
41) SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc
42) SMG Drones, LLC dba DARIUS
43) South Central Florida Express, Inc
46) The Parker Management Company, LLC
48) Two Roads Development, LLC
49) United States Sugar Corporation
50) University of North Florida
52) Vestcor Companies, Inc., The
53) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.
54) ZeroEyes
A leader within Florida's government relations arena, Mercer Fearington, Jr. has been representing clients before the executive and legislative branches of Florida government since the mid-1990's. Mercer is the past Chairman of the Florida Agricultural Coalition and is a graduate of the Wedgworth Leadership Institute for Agriculture -- an affiliate of the Institute of Food and Agriculture and Sciences at the University of Florida. Mercer is a graduate of Mercer University.
Mercer lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Lindsey, and their three daughters.
2) Advantage Capital Management Corporation
3) Airbnb, Inc.
4) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
5) Aucilla Research Institute, Inc.
6) Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC
7) Breeders Cup
9) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
11) Clay County District Schools
13) Curo Health Services, LLC dba Gentiva
14) Daytona State College Foundation, Inc
15) Desoto County Board of Commissioners
16) Dex Imaging Inc.
17) Dixie Board of Public Education/Dixie District School Board
19) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
20) Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
22) Estuary LLC.
23) Florida Beer Wholesalers Association
24) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc
25) Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation
27) Harrell's, LLC
28) Hillsborough Community College Foundation, Inc.
29) I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, Inc
30) IMG Academy LLC
33) Junior Achievement of Florida Foundation, Inc.
37) Museum of Science & History
38) OCEARCH
39) Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine
41) Polk County Sheriff's Office
42) Putnam County
43) Rood Chartrand Partnership
44) Sarasota County Government
45) Second Harvest of the Big Bend
46) South Central Florida Express, Inc
49) Southern Gardens Citrus Groves Corporation
50) Southern Gardens Citrus Holding Corporation
51) Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery Corporation
52) Tampa Bay Rays
54) TECO Energy, Inc
58) Town of Belleair
59) United States Sugar Corporation
60) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
61) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.
63) Workday, Inc.
Sydney Ridley brings years of legislative and political experience to Southern Strategy Group's Tampa Bay office. Sydney spent the past four years as the Chief Legislative Aide to House Majority Leader Dana Young, where she directed all priority policy and budget initiatives. Sydney's time as staff was at the highest level of the Florida House of Representatives, and she brings unmatched relationships with legislative staff, agency heads, and elected officials.
A political pro in Tampa Bay with extensive campaign management experience, Sydney guided Senator Dana Young to successive electoral victories in the Florida House and spearheaded her subsequent election to the Florida Senate. Sydney's political expertise, particularly in the Tampa Bay area, serves as a great strategic asset to our clients. In addition to her work with Senator Young, Sydney has served as both a political director and a field director on various Congressional and State Senate campaigns.
Born and raised in Tampa, Sydney is a third-generation Floridian, a graduate of the University of Virginia, a Florida Gator at heart, and a lover of history, golf, music, and football.