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