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The competitive nature of government and public advocacy requires a team with the experience, insight and knowledge to provide results. The Floridian Partners team is composed of individuals from different backgrounds and practice areas, resulting in a dynamic group of advocacy professionals. As a firm, we strive to exceed our clients' expectations with the understanding that our success is based solely upon the success of our clients. We not only represent our clients before the public sector; we also assist our clients in developing business-to-business opportunities.

Our first step in pursuing any client goal is to develop a strategic plan. In the world of advocacy, success is the result of sound strategy, access to decision makers, effective communication and strong execution. In creating and executing a strategy for each of our clients, we bring to bear decades of strategic advocacy experience on major client initiatives in projects spanning from the entitlement of Jungle Island in Miami-Dade County - to the largest privatization of services in the history of the State of Florida - to playing a major role in developing telecommunications and insurance law each year in the State Capitol. In addition to the know-how developed over this time, we also bring to bear the collective scope and depth of relationships developed along the way.

As a result, Floridian Partners operates at all levels of government and is never more than two degrees away from accessing a key decision maker on any given client matter, whether that client needs to impact proposed state legislation, a local or state agency regulation, local government ordinance, the state budget, or a local or State RFP opportunity.

Firm Specialties:
With offices in Tallahassee and Miami, our core services include government affairs, issues management & communications, and business consulting & development. We service clients across all major industries, have influence at all levels of Florida government, and can manage national issues through our multi- state advocacy network.

JORGE CHAMIZO, an attorney and governmental consultant, represents a variety of clients before the Florida Legislature, Executive Office of the Governor, Agency for Healthcare Administration, Florida Department of Health, Florida Public Service Commission, and other state regulatory agencies on matters related to healthcare, energy, telecommunications, professional licensure, public procurement and business regulation.

Before joining the Firm, Jorge served as Chief Advisor to the Chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission, the state agency which regulates Florida's utilities. In that capacity, Jorge gave counsel to the Chairman on legal and policy matters related to telecommunications, energy, water, and wastewater issues coming before the Commission, assisted the Chairman in setting and implementing overall agency policy and direction, served as central contact to industry representatives, and was the Chairman's liaison to the Florida Legislature as well as state and local government agencies. Apart from his legal and governmental experience, Jorge brings to Floridian Partners over a decade of business experience in the insurance industry in the area of marketing, sales and management.

Jorge is an honors graduate from The Florida State University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000) and received his undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Miami (BBA, 1996). Jorge was honored as a top South Florida lobbyist and the recipient of the Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project award. The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers presented him with the 2014 Presidents Award.

CLARE HESTER

(Mississippi)
Clients:

1) Accelerate Learning, Inc.

2) American Medical Response

3) American Petroleum Institute

4) American Research and Policy Institute (ARPI)

5) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP and its Affiliates

6) Asurion

7) Bayer U.S. LLC

8) Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.

9) BetterLesson

10) Capitol Resources LLC

11) Catapult Learning

12) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

13) Cicero Action

14) Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC

15) Community Health Center Association of Mississippi, Inc.

16) Crooked Letter Picture Company

17) Data Recognition Corporation

18) Diamondhead Water & Sewer District

19) Drax Biomass Inc.

20) Equifax, Inc.

21) Ergon, Inc.

22) Ernst & Young LLP

23) Exxon Mobil Corporation

24) Fortinet, Inc.

25) Gainwell Holding Corp.

26) Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

27) Hazel Health

28) HB Strategies on behalf of Good Rx

29) Health Resources LLC

30) Horne LLP

31) IGT and Its Affiliates

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) Kohler Co.

36) LS Power Midcontinent, LLC

37) Madison County Board of Supervisors

38) McLANE COMPANY, INC.

39) MedeAnalytics

40) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.

41) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

42) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

43) MetaMetrics, Inc.

44) Milliman, Inc.

45) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

46) Mississippi Association of REALTORS

47) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

48) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

49) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

50) Mississippi Counseling Association

51) Mississippi Economic Council

52) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

53) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

54) Mississippi Optometric Association

55) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

56) Mississippi Physicians Care Network

57) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation

58) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists

59) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

60) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

61) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

62) NOLA Education,LLC

63) Ochsner Health System

64) OneImaging

65) PATH Company LLC

66) Pine Gate Renewables LLC

67) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

68) Reason Foundation

69) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

70) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

71) Samsara Inc.

72) Scholastic Inc

73) Secure Democracy USA And It's Affiliates

74) Sharecare

75) Singing River Health System

76) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

77) Southern Renewable Energy Association

78) Spire Mississippi Inc.

79) State Shield Action

80) STChealth LLC

81) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

82) Teaching Strategies

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

84) The University of Southern Mississippi

85) Thrivist

86) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

87) Turo Inc.

88) Uber Technologies, Inc.

89) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

90) Universal Health Services, Inc.

91) Wonderschool

92) Workday

93) yes. every. kid

94) Youth Villages