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MaryBeth Wilkerson is a Government Relations Coordinator in the Baton Rouge office, working with businesses on navigating regulatory challenges across local, state, and federal governments, and connecting clients' interests and policy goals to further investment and business growth.

6-10 years

Before joining Adams and Reese, MaryBeth was the Public Policy Manager for Alzheimer's Association. She gained experience drafting, lobbying, and passing legislation on federal, state, and regulatory levels; recruiting, training, and mobilizing advocates; supporting alliances with similar organizations; and cultivating relationships with key legislative members. MaryBeth was recognized by the Louisiana State Legislature for her advocacy work with the Alzheimer's Association.

MaryBeth represented the Alzheimer's Association in a variety of forms including testimony at committee meetings, public hearings, and media appearances. This experience leads to MaryBeth working closely with clients on researching, planning, and executing government relations strategies at the local and state levels in Louisiana, developing relationships at multiple levels of government, including municipal agencies, city councils, state agencies, stakeholders, and improving clients' community relations messaging for key government relations initiatives.

MaryBeth is a former Governmental Affairs Associate for The Louisiana State Medical Society, where among her accomplishments she recruited more than 250 contributors to the Louisiana Medical Political Action Committee (LAMPAC).

MaryBeth earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Information Sciences from The University of Alabama. There, she served as Student Government Director of Lobbying Affairs, leading a team of 40 student lobbyists, advocating for higher education funding, and conducting voter registration drives. Through her work, she received recognition for "Most Outstanding Member of the External Affairs Chamber." MaryBeth was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.

While in college, MaryBeth interned as a research assistant with The Department of Defense's Tuscaloosa office, assisting a professor contracted with Lockheed Martin and gathering data for a cross-national media monitoring project.

In the community, MaryBeth is a board member of the BREC Foundation. The mission of the BREC Foundation is to raise funds for parks and recreation to benefit the health, welfare, and culture in East Baton Rouge Parish.

EMILY BACQUE

(Federal)
  • 525 9th Street, NWSuite 800WashingtonDC20004

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) Health Resources LLC

31) Ingalls Shipbuilding

32) Intervest Corp.

33) 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

34) LS Power Midcontinent, LLC

35) Madison County Board of Supervisors

36) McLANE COMPANY, INC.

37) MedeAnalytics

38) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.

39) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

40) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

41) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

42) Mississippi Association of REALTORS

43) Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers

44) Mississippi Business Alliance

45) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

46) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

47) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

48) Mississippi Counseling Association

49) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

50) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

51) Mississippi Optometric Association

52) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

53) Mississippi Physicians Care Network

54) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation

55) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists

56) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

57) Money Service Business Association, Inc.

58) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

59) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

60) NOLA Education,LLC

61) Ochsner Health System

62) OneImaging

63) Panorama Education, Inc.

64) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

65) Reason Foundation

66) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

67) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

68) Samsara Inc.

69) Scholastic Inc

70) SecurityScorecard, Inc.

71) Sharecare

72) Singing River Health System

73) SitelogIQ LLC

74) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

75) Southern Renewable Energy Association

76) Spire Mississippi Inc.

77) State Shield Action

78) STChealth LLC

79) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

80) Teaching Strategies

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

82) The Magee Foundation

83) The University of Southern Mississippi

84) Thrivist

85) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

86) Turo Inc.

87) Twenty Labs, LLC dba Healthy Together

88) Uber Technologies, Inc.

89) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

90) Universal Health Services, Inc.

91) Vulcan Technologies, Inc

92) Wayne Halfway House, Inc.

93) Wonderschool

94) Workday

95) yes. every. kid

96) Youth Villages

LYNNETTE JACQUEZ

(Federal)
Clients:

DAVID KOKE

(Louisiana)
  • 337-989-0071

  • 309 SETTLERS TRACE BLVD. SUITE 200LAFAYETTELOUISIANA70508

Clients:
  • 2022662600

  • 1120 G Street, NW, Suite 1000WashingtonDC20005

Clients:

CHRISTIAN MATHERNE

(Louisiana)
  • 337-258-0577

  • 309 SETTLERS TRACE BLVD. SUITE 200LAFAYETTELouisiana70508

Clients:

MICHAEL MICHOT

(Louisiana)

DEVON SEIBERT-BAILEY

(Federal)
  • 1120 G Street, NW, Suite 1000WashingtonDC20005

Clients:

NICHOLAS WALTS

(Louisiana)
  • 337-278-9132 ext. 3379890071

  • 309 SETTLERS TRACE BLVD. SUITE 200SUITE 101LAFAYETTELOUISIANA70508

Clients:

NICHOLAS WALTS

(Louisiana)
Clients: