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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

WILLIAM CRUMP

(Mississippi)

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

LYNNETTE JACQUEZ

(Federal)
Clients:

DAVID KOKE

(Louisiana)
  • 337-989-0071

  • 309 SETTLERS TRACE BLVD. SUITE 200LAFAYETTELOUISIANA70508

  • 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: