(850) 671-4401
Po Box 10570, Tallahassee, FL, 32302-2570, 
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3) Apple Inc
4) Artificial Intelligence for Manufacturing, Inc. (AIM)
6) AtkinsRealis
7) Bay County Board of County Commissioners
9) Beep, Inc.
14) EcoLandCo, LLC
17) Florida Senior Living Association
18) Florida Sheriffs Association
19) Florida Trucking Association
20) Gopher Resource
21) IBM
22) International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
23) JAX Chamber
24) Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC and Affiliates
25) Lake Wales Property Holdings, LLC
29) NASCAR, LLC
30) Neal Communities
33) OnSolve, LLC.
34) Osceola County
36) Punam, LLC.
37) Raydient LLC
38) ReCap, LLC
41) Second Harvest of the Big Bend
45) Tall Timbers Research, Inc.
47) TECO Energy, Inc
48) The Mahaffey Apartment Company
50) Tom Thumb Food Stores, Inc.
51) Transportation Research Center Inc.
52) TSG Public Safety Advisors, LLC.
53) Urban SDK
Rachel Cone joins Southern Strategy Group after more than a decade of service in the highest levels of local and state governments. Rachel served as the Interim Secretary for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), where she successfully shepherded the department's policy agenda and $11 billion budget across the finish line of the 2017 legislative session.
During her time at FDOT she also served as the Assistant Secretary for Finance and Administration, overseeing the offices of work program and budget, finance, procurement, technology, human resources, performance management and other administrative functions. She managed three of the largest transportation work programs in state history and represented the department in front of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Treasury, Fitch and Moody's rating agencies.
Rachel also directed changes to how the department finances the work program, and successfully advocated for statutory changes that resulted in a new financing vehicle for the department. This allows the department to fund additional, major transportation projects at a lower cost. She also oversaw the reorganization of the department's technology offices, which resulted in a culture shift for the department in how it prioritizes, spends and manages transportation-specific and traditional technologies.
In 2012, Governor Rick Scott appointed Rachel to serve as his Deputy Chief of Staff, where she was responsible for advising him on statewide issues, appointments to boards and commissions and providing guidance and direction to 14 state and quasi-governmental agencies on operational and management issues, including policy, budget, communication, legislative strategy and agency priorities. Those agencies were the Departments of Business and Professional Regulation, Citrus, Emergency Management, Economic Opportunity, Environmental Protection (and Water Management Districts) and Transportation. Also included under her purview were Florida Wildlife Commission, Space Florida, Visit Florida, Volunteer Florida and CareerSource Florida.
Rachel previously served as the External Affairs Director for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection where she directed planning and statewide communications strategies for the department, and coordinated communications efforts with Florida's five water management districts. This included topics such as renewed water management district oversight, various departmental restructuring, the health of Florida's springs, Governor Scott's Everglades Restoration Strategies plan and Florida's ongoing recovery after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Prior to her family's move to Tallahassee, Rachel served on the executive leadership team in the Mayor John Peyton administration in Jacksonville. Rachel began her career as a military reporter at the Florida Times-Union.
Rachel is a proud graduate of Auburn University. She and her family are active members of Trinity United Methodist Church, and Rachel serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at Holy Comforter Episcopal School in Tallahassee.
(850) 509-0993
225 South Adams Street, Suite 250, Tallahassee, FL, 32301, 
3) IBM
(850) 222-9075
701 S Howard Ave, Ste 106-326, Tampa, FL, 33606, 
(850) 567-5763
119 S. Monroe Street, Suite 500, Tallahassee, FL, 32301, 
(850) 222-9075
124 W. Jefferson St., Suite 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301, 
1) Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
2) Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorder Association d/b/a Alzheimer's Association
5) C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc.
10) E3 Solutions
13) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association
14) Florida Realtors
15) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association
17) Greyter Water Systems Inc.
18) HNTB Corporation
19) Kenneth City
21) Loggerhead Marinelife Center
22) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.
23) Neal Communities
24) Northwest Florida State College Foundation, Inc.
25) Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.
28) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
30) Tamiami 137, LLC
31) Tampa Bay Real Estate Investment Corporation
32) Tampa Port Authority d/b/a Port Tampa Bay
33) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.
35) The Great Florida Riverway Trust
37) Town of St. Lucie Village, Florida
38) USF Foundation
(850) 727-7087
120 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL, 32301, 
1) Academica
3) AT&T
4) Building Officials Association of Florida
7) Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors
8) Florida Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
9) Florida Association of Special Districts
10) Florida Automobile Dealers Association
12) Florida Chiropractic Association, Inc
13) Florida Concrete & Products Association
14) Florida Healthy Alternatives Associaction
17) Florida PACE Funding Agency
18) Florida Professional Vacation Rental Coalition
19) Florida Water Quality Association
20) Guidehouse Inc.
21) Highlands Soil & Water Conservation District
22) Infiltrator Water Technologies
23) Josera, LLC
24) League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates
25) Lealman Special Fire Control District
26) Lee County Mosquito Control District
27) Lidenskab, LLC
28) Manatee County Port Authority
29) Neal Communities
30) NSPRMC, LLC
(850) 727-7087
120 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL, 32301, 
1) Academica
4) AT&T
6) Building Officials Association of Florida
9) Collier Mosquito Control District
10) E. R. Jahna Industries, Inc
12) Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors
13) Federal Association for Insurance Reform
14) Florida Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
15) Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters
16) Florida Association of Special Districts
17) Florida Automobile Dealers Association
18) Florida Chiropractic Association, Inc
19) Florida Concrete & Products Association
20) Florida Financial Services Association
21) Florida Healthy Alternatives Associaction
22) Florida Independent Concrete & Associated Products
23) Florida Independent Spirits Association
26) Florida Power & Light Company
27) Florida Professional Vacation Rental Coalition
28) Florida Supervisors of Elections, Inc.
29) Florida Water Quality Association
30) Guidehouse Inc.
31) Gulf Coast Builders Exchange, Inc.
32) Hamilton Downs Horsetrack, LLC
33) Highlands Soil & Water Conservation District
34) Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida, Inc
35) Infiltrator Water Technologies
37) Josera, LLC
38) League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates
39) Lealman Special Fire Control District
40) Lee County Mosquito Control District
41) Lidenskab, LLC
42) Manatee County Port Authority
43) Neal Communities
44) NSPRMC, LLC
(850) 727-7087
120 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32301, 
1) Academica
3) Collier Mosquito Control District
4) E. R. Jahna Industries, Inc
5) Florida Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
6) Florida Association of Special Districts
7) Florida Automobile Dealers Association
8) Florida Chiropractic Association, Inc
9) Florida Concrete & Products Association
10) Florida Financial Services Association
11) Florida Independent Concrete & Associated Products