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Amanda is a vice president on McGuireWoods Consulting's North Carolina government relations team, representing clients in the state legislature and executive branch and developing and executing government relations strategies carefully tailored to meet each client's needs.

11-15 years

At Pratt & Michael Public Affairs, our mission is to empower clients to shape public policy, protect their interests, and build lasting influence through strategic advocacy, trusted relationships, and ethical leadership. We navigate the complexities of government with clarity, credibility, and purpose.

We are a Georgia-based public affairs and government relations firm helping organizations engage state and local leaders, anticipate obstacles, and act decisively. With decades of experience across government and business, we deliver tailored solutions in lobbying, stakeholder engagement, issue advocacy, and crisis communication.

15-20 years

James Magazine Top Female Lobbyist (2015)

Callie Michael is a seasoned public affairs and government relations professional with a strong track record of advancing complex policy objectives and shaping strategic communications in high-stakes environments. She specializes in advocacy strategy, stakeholder engagement, and results-driven campaigns across sectors. Her career began in Washington, D.C., where she maintained a top-secret DoD security clearance and worked with the U.S. House Appropriations Committee (Defense Subcommittee), gaining rare insight into the federal appropriations process. In Georgia, she served as a principal analyst with the Senate Budget and Evaluation Office, later advising Senate leadership as policy director. For 15 years, she served as Managing Partner at a regional lobbying firm before founding Pratt & Michael Public Affairs. Recognitions include James Magazine Top Female Lobbyist (2015). Callie is a graduate of the University of Alabama and lives in Atlanta.

Vicki Parker is a principal with Parker Poe Consulting and has more than 35 years of lobbying and consulting experience on both the state and national level.

20+ years

Ms. Parker served as Director of the Political Division for the Republican National Committee, managing a staff of more than 40 and coordinating all Republican races on the local, state and national levels. In addition, Ms. Parker has experience in managing a national political campaign that carried the states in which she was the lead political operative. Her years in Washington helped her develop lasting relationships on both sides of the aisle. Ms. Parker has over 10 years of experience working with telecommunication companies and dealing with those issues. She has represented entities including the SC Cable Television Association as well as AT&T. For five years, Ms. Parker served as Vice President of Governmental Affairs for the Greenville Chamber of Commerce, where she successfully lobbied the General Assembly for issues impacting urban areas.

Jason Puhlasky is a Principal with Parker Poe Consulting and has more than 25 years of experience in lobbying, grassroots networking and media relations paid and earned as well as working on more than 100 political campaigns ranging from State House races to the President of the United States.

20+ years

Jason Puhlasky is a Principal with Parker Poe Consulting and has more than 25 years of experience in lobbying, grassroots networking and media relations paid and earned as well as working on more than 100 political campaigns ranging from State House races to the President of the United States. Prior to joining Parker Poe Consulting, Mr. Puhlasky worked as a consultant and vice president of state government relations, and represented clients before the South Carolina Legislature, specializing in telecommunications, education, environmental and economic development issues. Additionally, Mr. Puhlasky served as the South Carolina Political Director for the George W. Bush presidential campaign in 1999. He has also served as the Political Director for the South Carolina Republican Party and the Director of the South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus.

CLARE HESTER

(Mississippi)
Clients:

1) Accelerate Learning, Inc.

2) American Medical Response

3) American Petroleum Institute

4) Assured Guaranty Inc.

5) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP and its Affiliates

6) Asurion

7) BDO Government Services, LLC

8) Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.

9) BetterLesson

10) Bitcoin Depot

11) Caertwheel Care, Inc.

12) CAG Holdings, Inc. LLC, a Carlyle Company Company Name

13) Capitol Resources LLC

14) Catapult Learning

15) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

16) Cicero Action

17) Community Health Center Association of Mississippi, Inc.

18) Data Recognition Corporation

19) Diamondhead Water & Sewer District

20) Drax Group

21) Equifax, Inc.

22) Ergon, Inc.

23) Ernst & Young LLP

24) Exxon Mobil Corporation

25) Fortinet, Inc.

26) Gainwell Holding Corp.

27) Google LLC and its Affiliates

28) Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

29) Hazel Health

30) HB Strategies on behalf of Good Rx

31) Health Resources LLC

32) Ingalls Shipbuilding

33) Intervest Corp.

34) Kansas City Southern Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Kansas City and as CPKC, is wholly owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Kansas City Limited

35) LS Power Midcontinent, LLC

36) Madison County Board of Supervisors

37) McLANE COMPANY, INC.

38) MedeAnalytics

39) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.

40) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

41) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

42) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

43) Mississippi Association of REALTORS

44) Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers

45) Mississippi Business Alliance

46) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

47) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

48) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

49) Mississippi Counseling Association

50) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

51) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

52) Mississippi Optometric Association

53) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

54) Mississippi Physicians Care Network

55) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation

56) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists

57) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

58) Money Service Business Association, Inc.

59) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

60) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

61) NOLA Education,LLC

62) Ochsner Health System

63) OneImaging

64) Panorama Education, Inc.

65) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

66) Reason Foundation

67) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

68) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

69) Samsara Inc.

70) Scholastic Inc

71) SecurityScorecard, Inc.

72) Sharecare

73) Singing River Health System

74) SitelogIQ LLC

75) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

76) Southern Renewable Energy Association

77) Spire Mississippi Inc.

78) State Shield Action

79) STChealth LLC

80) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

81) Teaching Strategies

82) The Learning Internet, Inc. DBA Learning.com

83) The Magee Foundation

84) The University of Southern Mississippi

85) Thrivist

86) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

87) Turo Inc.

88) Twenty Labs, LLC dba Healthy Together

89) Uber Technologies, Inc.

90) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

91) Universal Health Services, Inc.

92) Vulcan Technologies, Inc

93) Wayne Halfway House, Inc.

94) Wonderschool

95) Workday

96) yes. every. kid

97) Youth Villages