1) Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas, Inc.
3) Cash Titan
4) Confianz Global Inc. DBA StackBench
5) Dealer Services Network, LLC
6) Encompass Health Corporation
7) Everway, LLC
8) Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
10) GL Partners, Inc
11) HeyTutor Inc.
12) Hillpointe Construction LLC
13) International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM")
14) Invenergy, LLC
20) North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation
21) North Carolina Troopers Association
22) Prontoblock Inc.
23) Reconnect, Inc.
24) RedSpeed USA
26) SeatGeek, Inc.
27) Securly, Inc.
28) simplySOLV
29) Starmount Healthcare Management
31) TickPick, LLC
33) Town of Troutman
34) Treenail Development, Inc.
35) Vapor Technology Association
36) Windstream Services, LLC on behalf of its operating companies in NC
37) Z Data, Inc.
2021 NC Top 25 Lobbyist
2019 NCED Leadership Award
Kevin Wilkinson joined The Southern Group in 2024, expanding the firm's footprint in Raleigh, North Carolina. He brings extensive legislative and executive experience from roles in both the public and private sectors.
As a proud North Carolinian, Kevin's professional path has been largely dedicated to molding and promoting key policies at local, state, and national levels. From 2016 to 2019, he held leadership roles in North Carolina's public education sector. First, as the Chief of Staff and Legislative Director to the N.C. State Superintendent at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, then later as the Executive Director of External Affairs at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. In these roles, Kevin helped design and gather support for the organization's policy priorities and initiatives.
Before that, Kevin served as a Policy Advisor to Senator Robert Bryan. He led and implemented several education reforms and staffed various committees such as Appropriations, Education, Judiciary, Pension, and Retirement. Kevin also worked on Capitol Hill as a staff member for U.S. Representative Robert Pittenger, supporting and advocating for the needs of constituents across his district.
Most recently, Kevin took his experience in North Carolina's government to the private sector, serving as SVP of Government Affairs at EQV Strategic. In that capacity, Kevin worked directly with policymakers on the state and federal levels to advocate for his clients. His range of policy areas includes education, economic and business development, technology, transportation, telecommunications, healthcare, gaming, sports, and local government.
Outside his day-to-day work, Kevin uses his expertise to give back to his community as Vice Chair of the Board of Visitors for Appalachian State University.
Kevin has received numerous awards and recognition for his work, including being named one of the top lobbyists in North Carolina by the North State Journal since 2020 and receiving the North Carolina Education Leadership Award in 2018.
Kevin studied political science and economics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and earned an M.B.A. from Liberty University. He resides in Raleigh with his wife Megan and their daughter Margot.
1) Airbnb, Inc.
2) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
3) Apple Inc
5) Beep, Inc.
6) Beer Industry of Florida, Inc
7) Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC
8) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
11) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
15) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc
16) Florida Sheriffs Association
17) Fugro (USA) Holdings, Inc.
24) Management 10
25) Metro Development Group, LLC
26) National Emergency Management and Response
30) Second Harvest of the Big Bend
32) simplySOLV LLC
34) TECO Energy, Inc
35) Tesla, Inc.
37) The Mac Parkman Foundation
39) Timberline Real Estate Partners
40) University of North Florida
41) Urban SDK
Brian Bautista advocates on behalf of his clients before the legislative and executive branches of Florida government and has experience acting as statewide spokesman and point of contact for clients. Brian has resided in Florida's capital city for over a decade, and his work spans the gambit from local initiatives to a statewide Senate campaign.
Brian received both a bachelor's degree in political science and a law degree from Florida State University. Brian uses his legal expertise and political acumen to successfully represent clients on some of the highest profile issues in Florida, in the technology, education, healthcare, and energy industries.
Brian has been named one of Florida's 30 Under 30 by Florida Politics and a NextGeneration Rising Star by Influence Magazine
(919) 339-8679
(919) 339-8679, davis@thesoutherngroup.com, Camino Worldwide, Inc., (704) 699-9914,
1) Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas, Inc.
4) Charter Communications Operating, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications
5) Confianz Global Inc. DBA StackBench
6) Dealer Services Network, LLC
7) Everway, LLC
8) Eviden
9) Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
10) Firstfloor, Inc.
11) HeyTutor Inc.
12) International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM")
13) Invenergy, LLC
17) Public Consulting Group LLC by Multistate Associates LLC
18) Reconnect, Inc.
19) SeatGeek, Inc.
20) Securly, Inc.
21) simplySOLV
23) Starmount Healthcare Management
25) Treenail Development, Inc.
26) Vapor Technology Association
27) Windstream Services, LLC on behalf of its operating companies in NC
28) Z Data, Inc.
8037332255
P. O. Box 12042, Columbia, SC, 29211,
1) American Property Casualty Insurance Association APCIA
4) Charter Communications Operating, LLC
(850) 671-4401
P.O. Box 10570, Tallahassee, FL, 32302,
2) American Property Casualty Insurance Association
3) Aon Benfield
4) Apple Inc
5) Aramark Sports and Entertainment Services, LLC
10) Brava Roof Tile
13) Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County
15) Express Financial Florida LLC
17) Fidelity National Financial, Inc
18) Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association
8037332255
P. O. Box 12042, Columbia, SC, 29211,
4) Charter Communications Operating, LLC
5) Institute for Child Success
8) Oceanside Collegiate Academy
10) Pacaso
(573) 635-0505
PO Box 1162, PO Box 1162, Jefferson City, MO, 65102,
1) A-Cities - City of Richmond Heights, City of Clayton, City of Olivette, City of Maplewood
2) American Council of Engineering Companies of Missouri
3) Caesars Enterprise Services LLC
4) Humana, Inc.
7) Legal Aid of Western Missouri
8) Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
9) Legal Services of Southern Missouri
10) Mark Rhoads
12) Missouri Insurance Coalition
13) Missouri Outdoor Advertising Association
14) Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
15) RELX Inc.
16) S2Tech
18) Seven Seas Technologies, Inc.
19) Socket Telecommunications, Inc.
20) St. Joseph Area Legislative Coalition
(704) 472-6234
(704) 472-6234, saine@thesoutherngroup.com, Town of Troutman, (704) 528-7600,
1) Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas, Inc.
4) Cash Titan
5) Charter Communications Operating, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications
7) Confianz Global Inc. DBA StackBench
8) Dealer Services Network, LLC
9) Encompass Health Corporation
10) Everway, LLC
11) Firstfloor, Inc.
12) HeyTutor Inc.
13) Hillpointe Construction LLC
14) Holistic Alternative Recovery Trust
15) International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM")
16) Invenergy, LLC
20) Mooresville Btr Developers, LLC
21) North Carolina Racing and Entertainment
22) North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation
23) Prontoblock Inc.
24) Public Consulting Group LLC by Multistate Associates LLC
25) Reconnect, Inc.
26) RedSpeed USA
28) SeatGeek, Inc.
29) Securly, Inc.
30) simplySOLV
32) Starmount Healthcare Management
34) Town of Troutman
35) Treenail Development, Inc.
36) Vapor Technology Association
37) Windstream Services, LLC on behalf of its operating companies in NC
38) Z Data, Inc.
(850) 671-4401
Po Box 10570, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-2570,
2) Airbnb, Inc.
3) AirSight
4) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
6) American Property Casualty Insurance Association
8) Apple Inc
9) Aramark Correctional Services, LLC
10) Artificial Intelligence for Manufacturing, Inc. (AIM)
12) Baldwin Risk Partners, LLC
13) Bay County Board of County Commissioners
15) Beer Industry of Florida, Inc
17) Brava Roof Tile
19) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
20) Canaery, Inc.
22) CGL Companies
24) City of Marathon
26) Colonial Management Group, LP
27) Copart, Inc
29) Equifax
30) Fidelity National Financial, Inc
31) Florida Blue
32) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc
33) Florida Pulp & Paper Association
34) Florida Senior Living Association
35) Florida Sheriffs Association
37) Friends of Florida Iron & Steel
38) Gopher Resource
41) Gulfstream Natural Gas System, LLC
47) Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC and Affiliates
48) LEO Technologies
49) Lumina Ai
51) Metro Development Group, LLC
52) Monroe County Sheriff's Office
54) NASCAR, LLC
55) National Emergency Management and Response
57) Nutanix, Inc.
59) Panhandle Engineering, Inc.
61) Phillips Infrastructure Corp.
62) Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care, Inc
64) Putnam County
66) Rayonier, Inc
67) ReCap, LLC
69) Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
71) SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc
74) SMG Drones, LLC dba DARIUS
75) Southern Gardens Citrus Holding Corporation
77) Sunshine Gasoline Distributors, Inc
78) Talitrix LLC.
80) TECO Energy, Inc
81) The Figgers Foundation, Inc.
84) United States Sugar Corporation
85) Universal Protection Service, LLC
87) Vestcor Companies, Inc., The
(252) 916-7211
(252) 916-7211, whitehurst@thesoutherngroup.com, JLC Services, Inc., (330) 687-0742,