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One of the firm's founders, Barbara's focus is in state-level policy and advocacy where she represents the firm's clients before the Arizona State Legislature, the Governor's Office and executive branch agencies. She was named an Outstanding Woman in Business by the Phoenix Business Journal and is consistently recognized as one of the top lobbyists in Arizona by the Arizona Capitol Times. She has established herself as a highly effective advocate for a variety of private-sector enterprises with a special concentration in healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, and emerging technologies. Her prior experience includes two judicial clerkships and private law firm practice in Washington, D.C. and Arizona. Immediately prior to founding Triadvocates, Barbara was an integral member of the government relations practice group of Quarles & Brady LLP.

Education: B.A., The University of Arizona; J.D., American University, The Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.

20+ years

Lauren represents the firm's interests before the Arizona State Legislature, the Office of the Governor, state agencies and various municipalities, and has been recognized by the Arizona Capitol Times as one of the top lobbyists in the state under the age of 40.

6-10 years

Recognized by the Arizona Capitol Times as one of the top lobbyists in the state under the age of 40 (2017)

Recognized by the Arizona Capitol Times as a "Breakdown Breakout" winner, given to the sharpest political and industry minds in Arizona under 40 (2019)

With nearly a decade of government relations experience at the state and local level, Lauren's specialty practice areas include policy issues in the healthcare, real estate and tech sectors. Prior to entering into the policy realm, Lauren worked in marketing and public relations, executing local and national media campaigns for clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Her background also includes having developed and implemented grassroots campaigns surrounding legislation for one of Arizona's largest nonprofit organizations. A graduate of the University of Arizona with an academic focus in journalism and political communication, Lauren has extensive experience working with local and national news outlets. Recognized by the Arizona Capitol Times as one of the top lobbyists in the state under the age of 40, Lauren represents the firm's interests before the Arizona State Legislature, the Office of the Governor, state agencies and various municipalities.

Education: B.S., University of Arizona

JOHN ERSKINE

(Texas)

Mr. Erskine's practice with K&L Gates consists primarily of legislative representation and administrative law. He has successfully represented companies in the technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and service sectors in matters before the legislature and administrative agencies. He has advised companies on procurement matters as well as strategic planning. Mr. Erskine has a long history of involvement in the development of tax legislation, having been involved in all major tax debates dating back to 1977.

Mr. Erskine was listed in the 2012-2017 editions of the Best Lawyers in America in the area of government relations.

He was also the architect of the Oil Field Clean-up Fund, which created an industry-supported fund that is dedicated to the plugging of the State's 48,000 abandoned oil and gas wells and the sites upon which they are located. It has become the model legislation for the states and has been adopted in many jurisdictions since its passage in Texas.

Mr. Erskine joined the firm in 1994 after seventeen years of service with Amoco Corporation as senior government affairs representative, where he was ultimately responsible for all legislative and political activities for the parent corporation and subsidiaries, including those involving exploration and production, refining and marketing, chemicals, pipeline, research and development, marine transport and waste disposal in Texas and New Mexico. From 1976-1978, he was an attorney in the state government affairs section of Dupont's legal department. Mr. Erskine was also associated with Alan M. Voorhees and Associates, where he was responsible for legal and political issues involved in transportation and environmental planning studies.

Mr. Erskine's practice with K&L Gates consists primarily of legislative representation and administrative law. He was instrumental in the formulation and passage of Proposition 2, which exempted pollution control equipment from property taxation. In addition to working with building the coalition that insured its passage by the legislature, he was deeply involved in the statewide campaign for voter approval.

He was also the architect of the Oil Field Clean-up Fund, which created an industry-supported fund that is dedicated to the plugging of the State's 48,000 abandoned oil and gas wells and the sites upon which they are located. It has become the model legislation for the states and has been adopted in many jurisdictions since its passage in Texas.

John leads the firm's government marketing efforts, where he brings more than 30 years of rich career experience in government leadership, policy, public affairs, procurement, media and business. He also contributes considerable expertise to state and federal policy and advocacy efforts across a wide range of policy areas, with a particular passion for education and workforce development. John has been a thought leader in the technology community in Arizona since serving as Arizona's first Chief Information Officer and as the government relations and community solutions manager for Intel Corporation. Prior experience includes serving as the federal/intergovernmental coordinator and policy advisor for the Office of the Governor, and as senior appropriations staff and legislative director for an Arizona Congressman.

Education: B.A., Lafayette College; M.A., Harvard Kennedy School

20+ years

RICHARD TRAVIS

(Arizona)

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

Richard has more than 20 years of experience in Arizona state government and public affairs. Richard's skillset includes strategic planning, coalition management and coordination and development of media and grassroots efforts for legislation and initiatives. Richard's public-sector experience includes service as a staff director at the Arizona House of Representatives, Director of Government Affairs for the Arizona Supreme Court, Special Assistant Attorney General for Government Affairs for the Arizona Attorney General's Office, and Deputy Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Education: B.A., Trinity University; J.D., University of Arizona College of Law

20+ years

Ms. Leo is a Government Affairs Advisor in the Public Policy and Law division whose practice focuses on legislative and regulatory affairs in Texas. Ms. Leo provides advice and strategic guidance on matters before the state legislature and state government agencies. Her areas of specialty include municipal and county government, higher education, pharmaceutical, financial services, telecommunications, energy and automobile regulatory matters

Higher Education
Successfully assisted entities before regulatory agencies to achieve compliance.

Public Health
Worked with regulatory agency and broader coalitions to secure a positive recommendation from a Texas State agency which subsequently led to final passage of key legislation.

Local Government
Worked with the 3rd largest county in the country to secure vital legislation.

Regulatory Projects
Successfully assisted a national association and private companies in matters dealing with state franchise issues.

Telecommunications
Successfully assisted a publically traded company to secure passage of legislation affecting the Texas Universal Service Fund.

Energy
Successfully assisted client in passage of electric utility matters.

Ms. Leo has over 25 years of combined experience in federal, state and local government. Prior to joining the firm in 1996, Ms. Leo served as the Intergovernmental Relations Manager for the City of San Antonio. In that capacity, she had chief responsibility for managing federal, state and local matters on behalf of the City of San Antonio. Ms. Leo managed legislative and political activities at these various levels of government including Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC); state legislative matters impacting the City of San Antonio as well as interlocal agreements between the city and county.

She served as Chief of Staff for the first Hispanic woman elected to the Legislature, State Representative Irma Rangel, in which she managed all legislative policy, including appropriations, redistricting, healthcare, education and transportation. In this capacity, Ms. Leo also served as the Director of the Mexican-American Legislative Caucus and managed policy issues in behalf of the members of the Caucus. Prior to joining the House side of the Capitol, Ms. Leo worked in the policy division of Lieutenant Governor William P. Hobby, Jr. Ms. Leo's legislative career began as a Senate Messenger.

Ms. Leo serves on the Firm's Global Diversity Committee which promotes a diverse workforce and an inclusive firm culture. She is a Board member of the Senate Hispanic Research Council (SHRC), a non-profit research group that supports internships for college students in the offices of members of the Texas Senate. Ms Leo is a 9th generation Texan, and a member of the William B. Travis Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

Penn Lincoln Strategies is a full-service government relations and public affairs consulting firm that specializes in utilizing the decades of experience its team brings to your company or association's needs. Whether it's executing a comprehensive legislative agenda or managing a communications crisis PLS is prepared to give you and your matter the attention and dedication it needs to achieve the level of success you expect.

15-20 years

Penn Lincoln Strategies has fostered many relationships with members of the Connecticut legislature, General Assembly staffers, the Office of the Governor, the Office of the Attorney General, the Secretary of State and agency heads.

Liam's background involves a wide range of experience in government relations, public service, and politics. Liam has worked on both national and statewide campaigns, and lobbied on the local, state and national levels.

Prior to joining Penn Lincoln Strategies, LLC in 2017, Liam served as the Director of Government Relations and Political Affairs at ConnCAN, the state's largest education advocacy organization. In that role, Liam coordinated and directed ConnCAN's diverse legislative agenda at the federal, state and local levels. Additionally, Liam worked in tandem with the organization's leadership and various coalitions to develop strategies that improved educational outcomes for Connecticut students.

Before Liam joined ConnCAN, Liam worked for former U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd in his district legislative office and Presidential campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire. Liam also supported the Connecticut Senate President Pro Tempore's office where he monitored the Majority's legislative proposals and worked on several key legislative campaigns. Additionally, Liam has worked with a wide range of clients from nonprofit organizations to major utility companies and has had several legislative victories ranging from helping pass the State's nationally recognized Minority Teacher Recruitment legislation, authorizing Electric Bikes in Connecticut and establishing the State's Hemp program.

Liam is a member of the Town Council in West Hartford. Liam is also a founding board member of Active City, a Hartford based non-profit group centered around getting 600+ kids in the area active in youth sports. Liam lives in West Hartford with his wife, Whitney and their children Rory and Claire.

Building on her local government background, Julie provides leadership to the firm's economic development practice where Triadvocates has supported clients in their investment of more than $32 Billion dollars in Arizona projects. Recognized as an adept dealmaker by the Arizona Capitol Times, Julie's experience ranges from housing, transportation, health care, energy and manufacturing. to tribal investment. Immediately prior to joining Triadvocates, Julie served as the principal staff and policy advisor to the mayor of one of Arizona's largest cities. In that capacity, she was responsible for strategic planning, policy development and outreach in subject areas such as transportation and infrastructure, land-use planning and finance. At Triadvocates, Julie guides client interaction with local, state and federal officials.

15-20 years

Julie received the WESTMARC President's Award for exemplary work in economic development and was inducted as an Honorary Bobcat at The University of Arizona. She has received Special Congressional Recognition from Congressman Ruben Gallego for her work on his Women's Advisory Commission and was selected by the Maricopa Community College Foundation Board of Directors to serve as Vice Chair.

Penn Lincoln Strategies is a full-service government relations and public affairs consulting firm that specializes in utilizing the decades of experience its team brings to your company or association's needs. Whether it's executing a comprehensive legislative agenda or managing a communications crisis PLS is prepared to give you and your matter the attention and dedication it needs to achieve the level of success you expect.

15-20 years

Penn Lincoln Strategies has fostered many relationships with members of the Connecticut legislature, General Assembly staffers, the Office of the Governor, the Office of the Attorney General, the Secretary of State and agency heads.

Chris, as the Founder and CEO of Penn Lincoln Strategies, LLC (PLS), oversees government relations and strategic communications for his firms' multitude of clients. PLS specializes in providing its clients with streamlined and precise consultation for all of their public affairs and advocacy needs. The firm advises client interests before state legislatures around the country, specializing primarily in the Connecticut legislature while, for some clients, managing their day-to-day association operations and providing strategic communications counsel on how to manage press inquiries and crisis communications/public relations.

PLS, established by Chris in 2016, is a full service firm that is proud of the commitment and professionalism it provides its clients.

Before PLS' founding, Chris worked as the Director of Government Relations for Connecticut based company, TicketNetwork, overseeing and managing the company's government relations for all 50 states and the federal government. In concert with the company's legal department and C-Suite, Chris oversaw a robust consultation and travel budget while managing a network of nearly two dozen national government relations and public relations consultants and professionals.

Prior to joining TicketNetwork in 2015, Chris spent over twelve years with the government relations firm Tobin, Carberry, O'Malley, Riley and Salinger (TCORS) a Hartford, CT based firm that specializes in association management and government relations. In the role of Principal, Chris led daily legislative management for dozens of clients on wide ranging issues from environmental regulation to state budgetary issues, gambling issues to freedom of press matters before the Connecticut State Legislature.

Chris got his start in the political field nearly twenty years ago as a political and campaign consultant on numerous successful local and statewide races in Connecticut.

Chris has a B.S. in Political Science from Ohio Dominican University and currently lives in West Hartford, CT with his wife, Maureen, their son Jake and the family dog, Ripken. Chris is an avid Ohio State Buckeyes fan and believes that Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie.

ROBERT BARANSAKA

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:
  • (850) 222-9075

  • 124 W Jefferson StreetOPB-DIRTallahasseeFL32301

Clients:

KRISTEN HASSEBROOK

(Nebraska)
Clients:

TIMOTHY HRUZA

(Nebraska)
Clients:
Clients:

1) A Place for Mom

2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

3) Ajax Building Company, LLC

4) American Public Education, Inc.

5) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility

6) Anthropic, PBC

7) AshBritt, Inc.

8) Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.

9) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

10) Assurant Group

11) AT&T Services, Inc.

12) Atkins North America, Inc.

13) bestbet Jacksonville

14) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC

15) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

16) Brandt Information Services

17) Broward College Foundation

18) Broward County

19) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

20) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

21) CDR Maguire

22) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

23) Cicero Action

24) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

25) Citigroup Washington Inc.

26) City of Boca Raton

27) City of Coral Gables

28) City of Fort Lauderdale

29) Cody Khan

30) Community Care Plan

31) Coventry

32) CURE Auto Insurance

33) CVS Health and All Affiliates

34) Cypress Creek Leaseholder LLC

35) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

36) DialCare, LLC.

37) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

38) Ecoresiliency Miami LLC

39) Ecosouth Florida, LLC

40) Elevated, LLC

41) Elite DNA Therapy

42) Emovis USA, Inc.

43) Environmental Resilient Communities LLC

44) Field of Dreams

45) Florida Alliance for Seniors

46) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals

47) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

48) Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Inc.

49) Florida Community Financial Services Association

50) Florida Credit Union Association

51) Florida Institute of Technology

52) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

53) Florida Power & Light Company

54) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

55) Florida Realtors

56) Florida Surplus Lines Association

57) Fox Corporation

58) Gartner, Inc.

59) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve

60) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

61) Hillpointe, LLC

62) Horsepower Electric

63) INSIGHTEC

64) K9s for Warriors

65) Kalshi Inc.

66) Lennar Homes, LLC

67) Life Science Logistics, LLC

68) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.

69) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

70) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

71) Melbourne Greyhound Park

72) Memorial Healthcare System

73) Miami-Dade County

74) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners

75) National Speech & Debate Association

76) Neal Communities

77) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

78) Nile Inc.

79) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

80) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

81) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

82) Orange Barrel Media

83) Orlando Health

84) Palm Beach Atlantic University

85) Palm Beach County

86) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

87) Palm Beach Zoo

88) Paypal

89) PCI Gaming

90) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

91) Place of Hope

92) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

93) Primerica, Inc.

94) PrizePicks

95) Project LIFT

96) Promise Network Inc.

97) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

98) RAI Services Company

99) Real Public Notices LLC

100) Redwood Dev Co, LLC

101) RELX Inc.

102) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

103) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

104) Ryan, LLC

105) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

106) SaferWatch, LLC

107) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

108) SAI Interactive

109) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

110) School Board of Brevard County

111) Sellers Dorsey

112) South Automotive Group

113) St. Petersburg College Foundation

114) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

115) Starkey Hearing Technologies

116) STRAX Technologies, LLC

117) Take Stock in Children

118) Tamiami 137, LLC

119) The Center for Arts & Innovation, Inc.

120) The City of Miami

121) The City of Venice

122) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.

123) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.

124) The Everglades Trust

125) The GEO Group, Inc.

126) The North Highland Company

127) Town Of Highland Beach

128) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

129) University of Florida Student Government Association

130) University of Miami

131) Utility Associates, Inc.

132) Veyer, LLC

133) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

134) Welbe Health

135) Woolpert, Inc.

136) World Liberty Financial

LAUREN KIMZEY

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:

STEPHEN MALITO

(New York)
  • 54 STATE STREET6TH FLOORALBANYNY12207

Clients:

BARBARA MEANEY

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:

WILLIAM MUELLER

(Nebraska)
Clients:

ROXANNA PITONES

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:
Clients:
Clients:

MATTHEW SCHAEFER

(Nebraska)
Clients:

CHRISTOPHER SCHOONOVER

(Florida)
Clients:

1) A Place for Mom

2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

3) American Public Education, Inc.

4) American Traffic Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Verra Mobility

5) Anthropic, PBC

6) Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter Inc.

7) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

8) Atkins North America, Inc.

9) bestbet Jacksonville

10) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

11) Brandt Information Services

12) Broward College Foundation

13) Broward County

14) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

15) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

16) CDR Maguire

17) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

18) Cicero Action

19) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

20) Citigroup Washington Inc.

21) City of Coral Gables

22) City of Fort Lauderdale

23) Community Care Plan

24) Coral Rock Development Group, LLC

25) Coventry

26) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

27) DialCare, LLC.

28) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

29) Elevated, LLC

30) Elite DNA Therapy

31) Field of Dreams

32) Florida Alliance for Seniors

33) Florida Association of District School Superintendents

34) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

35) Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Inc.

36) Florida Community Financial Services Association

37) Florida Credit Union Association

38) Florida Institute of Technology

39) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

40) Florida Power & Light Company

41) Florida Realtors

42) Florida Surplus Lines Association

43) Fluid Marine

44) Fox Corporation

45) Gartner, Inc.

46) George Hackney Inc. d/b/a Trulieve

47) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

48) Hillpointe, LLC

49) Horsepower Electric

50) INSIGHTEC

51) K9s for Warriors

52) Kalshi Inc.

53) Lennar Homes, LLC

54) Life Science Logistics, LLC

55) Little Havana Activities & Nutrition Centers of Dade County, Inc.

56) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

57) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

58) Melbourne Greyhound Park

59) Memorial Healthcare System

60) National Speech & Debate Association

61) Neal Communities

62) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

63) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

64) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

65) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

66) Oportun, Inc.

67) Orange Barrel Media

68) Orlando Health

69) Palm Beach Atlantic University

70) Palm Beach County

71) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

72) Palm Beach Zoo

73) Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

74) Paypal

75) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

76) Place of Hope

77) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

78) PrizePicks

79) Project LIFT

80) Promise Network Inc.

81) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

82) RAI Services Company

83) RELX Inc.

84) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

85) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

86) Ryan, LLC

87) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

88) SaferWatch, LLC

89) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

90) SAI Interactive

91) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

92) School Board of Brevard County

93) Sellers Dorsey

94) St. Petersburg College Foundation

95) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

96) Starkey Hearing Technologies

97) STRAX Technologies, LLC

98) Take Stock in Children

99) The City of Miami

100) The City of Venice

101) The Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida, Inc.

102) The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Inc.

103) The Everglades Trust

104) The GEO Group, Inc.

105) The North Highland Company

106) TRC Companies, Inc.

107) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

108) University of Florida Student Government Association

109) University of Miami

110) Utility Associates, Inc.

111) Veyer, LLC

112) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

113) Welbe Health

114) Woolpert, Inc.

115) World Liberty Financial

FREDDY SOTO

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:

DEVIN WHITNEY

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients: