1) AirSight
5) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
7) American Property Casualty Insurance Association
9) Apple Inc
10) Aramark Correctional Services, LLC
12) Beer Industry of Florida, Inc
14) Clay County Board of County Commissioners
15) Copart, Inc
18) Episcopal Children's Services, Inc.
19) Estuary LLC.
20) Fidelity National Financial, Inc
21) Florida Blue
22) Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority
23) Florida Pulp & Paper Association
24) Florida Sheriffs Association
27) Gulfstream Natural Gas System, LLC
28) I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, Inc
29) Indigov
33) Key West International Airport
34) Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC and Affiliates
35) LEO Technologies
37) Metro Development Group, LLC
39) Panhandle Engineering, Inc.
42) Phillips Infrastructure Corp.
43) Putnam County
44) Raydient LLC
45) Rayonier, Inc
46) Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
47) SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc
48) SMG Drones, LLC dba DARIUS
49) South Central Florida Express, Inc
54) The Parker Management Company, LLC
56) Two Roads Development, LLC
57) United States Sugar Corporation
58) University of North Florida
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) Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust
5) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
7) Aucilla Research Institute, Inc.
8) Bay County Board of County Commissioners
9) Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC
11) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
13) Citizens for Hillsborough County, LLC
16) Clay County District Schools
18) Curo Health Services, LLC dba Gentiva
19) Daytona State College Foundation, Inc
20) Desoto County Board of Commissioners
21) Dex Imaging Inc.
22) Dixie Board of Public Education/Dixie District School Board
24) Edmentum, Inc.
25) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
26) Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
28) Estuary LLC.
29) Florida Beer Wholesalers Association
30) Florida Polytechnic University Foundation, Inc
31) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc
32) Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation
34) Gopher Resource
35) Harrell's, LLC
36) Hillsborough Community College Foundation, Inc.
37) I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, Inc
38) iEnable, Inc.
39) IMG Academy LLC
41) Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc
42) Indian River State College Foundation, Inc.
44) Junior Achievement of Florida Foundation, Inc.
45) Lakeland Regional Health Systems
49) Museum of Science & History
50) Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine
53) Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners
54) Polk County Clerk of Court
55) Polk County Sheriff's Office
56) Putnam County
58) Rood Chartrand Partnership
59) Sarasota County Government
60) Second Harvest of the Big Bend
61) South Central Florida Express, Inc
64) Southern Gardens Citrus Groves Corporation
65) Southern Gardens Citrus Holding Corporation
66) Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery Corporation
67) Tampa Bay Rays
69) TECO Energy, Inc
73) Town of Belleair
74) United States Sugar Corporation
75) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
76) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.
78) 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.
