1) AirSight
3) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
5) American Property Casualty Insurance Association
7) Apple Inc
8) Aramark Correctional Services, LLC
10) Beer Industry of Florida, Inc
12) Clay County Board of County Commissioners
13) 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
25) I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, Inc
26) Indigov
30) Key West International Airport
31) Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC and Affiliates
32) LEO Technologies
34) Metro Development Group, LLC
35) Panhandle Engineering, Inc.
38) Putnam County
39) Raydient LLC
40) Rayonier, Inc
41) Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
42) SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc
43) SMG Drones, LLC dba DARIUS
44) South Central Florida Express, Inc
48) Two Roads Development, LLC
49) United States Sugar Corporation
50) 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) Airbnb, Inc.
3) Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust
4) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
5) Aucilla Research Institute, Inc.
6) Bay County Board of County Commissioners
8) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
9) Citizens for Hillsborough County, LLC
12) Clay County District Schools
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) Edmentum, Inc.
20) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
21) Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
23) Estuary LLC.
24) Florida Beer Wholesalers Association
25) Florida Polytechnic University Foundation, Inc
26) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc
27) Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation
29) Gopher Resource
30) Harrell's, LLC
31) Hillsborough Community College Foundation, Inc.
32) I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, Inc
33) iEnable, Inc.
34) IMG Academy LLC
36) Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc
37) Indian River State College Foundation, Inc.
39) Junior Achievement of Florida Foundation, Inc.
40) Lakeland Regional Health Systems
44) Museum of Science & History
47) Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners
48) Polk County Clerk of Court
49) Polk County Sheriff's Office
50) Putnam County
52) Rood Chartrand Partnership
53) Sarasota County Government
54) Second Harvest of the Big Bend
55) South Central Florida Express, Inc
57) Southern Gardens Citrus Groves Corporation
58) Southern Gardens Citrus Holding Corporation
59) Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery Corporation
61) TECO Energy, Inc
65) Town of Belleair
66) United States Sugar Corporation
67) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
68) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.
70) 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.
