1) Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas, Inc.
4) Cash Titan
5) Confianz Global Inc. DBA StackBench
6) Dealer Services Network, LLC
7) Encompass Health Corporation
8) Everway, LLC
9) Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
10) Firstfloor, Inc.
11) GL Partners, Inc
12) HeyTutor Inc.
13) Hillpointe Construction LLC
14) International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM")
15) Invenergy, LLC
21) North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation
22) North Carolina Troopers Association
23) Prestige Land &, Site Works
24) Prontoblock Inc.
25) Reconnect, Inc.
26) RedSpeed USA
28) SeatGeek, Inc.
29) Securly, Inc.
30) simplySOLV
31) Starmount Healthcare Management
33) The Canopy Owner, LPV, LLC
34) TickPick, LLC
36) Town of Troutman
37) Treenail Development, Inc.
38) Vapor Technology Association
39) Windstream Services, LLC on behalf of its operating companies in NC
40) 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.
21) Key West International Airport
22) Leon County Board of County Commissioners
24) Management 10
25) Metro Development Group, LLC
26) My Amelia dba Integrated.com
27) National Emergency Management and Response
29) OpenAI
32) Second Harvest of the Big Bend
34) simplySOLV LLC
36) TECO Energy, Inc
37) Tesla, Inc.
39) The Mac Parkman Foundation
41) Timberline Real Estate Partners
42) University of North Florida
43) Urban SDK
45) Vestcor Companies, Inc., The
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
(704) 699-9914
209 Fayetteville Street, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC, 27601,
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
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) 528-7600
209 Fayetteville Street, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC, 27601,
1) Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas, Inc.
5) Cash Titan
6) Charter Communications Operating, LLC d/b/a Charter Communications
8) Confianz Global Inc. DBA StackBench
9) Dealer Services Network, LLC
10) Encompass Health Corporation
11) Everway, LLC
12) Firstfloor, Inc.
13) HeyTutor Inc.
14) Hillpointe Construction LLC
15) Holistic Alternative Recovery Trust
16) International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM")
17) Invenergy, LLC
21) Mooresville Btr Developers, LLC
22) North Carolina Racing and Entertainment
23) North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation
24) Prontoblock Inc.
25) Reconnect, Inc.
26) RedSpeed USA
28) Securly, Inc.
29) simplySOLV
31) Starmount Healthcare Management
33) The Canopy Owner, LPV, LLC
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
25) City of Marathon
27) Colonial Management Group, LP
28) Copart, Inc
30) Equifax
31) Fidelity National Financial, Inc
32) Florida Blue
33) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc
34) Florida Pulp & Paper Association
35) Florida Senior Living Association
36) Florida Sheriffs Association
38) Friends of Florida Iron & Steel
39) Gopher Resource
42) Gulfstream Natural Gas System, LLC
48) Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC and Affiliates
49) LEO Technologies
50) Lumina Ai
53) Metro Development Group, LLC
54) Monroe County Sheriff's Office
56) NASCAR, LLC
57) National Emergency Management and Response
59) Nutanix, Inc.
61) OpenAI
62) Panhandle Engineering, Inc.
64) Phillips Infrastructure Corp.
65) Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care, Inc
67) Putnam County
69) Rayonier, Inc
70) ReCap, LLC
72) Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC
74) SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc
77) SMG Drones, LLC dba DARIUS
78) Southern Gardens Citrus Holding Corporation
80) Sunshine Gasoline Distributors, Inc
81) Talitrix LLC.
83) TECO Energy, Inc
84) The Figgers Foundation, Inc.
87) United States Sugar Corporation
88) Universal Protection Service, LLC
90) Vestcor Companies, Inc., The
(330) 687-0742
209 Fayetteville St, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC, 27601,