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AMBER BARNES

15-20 years

Has been named to the Columbia Regional Business Report Book of Lists as a top lobbyist for three consecutive years (2024 - 2026).

South Carolina General Assembly, Governor's Office and state agencies

Amber is a senior vice president of state government relations, assisting clients with traditional advocacy, lobbying and government relations services in matters before the South Carolina General Assembly and regulatory agencies. She has experience working with clients across industry sectors, including education, financial services, healthcare and energy. She assists clients with a variety of issues and has particular depth in the areas of non-profit advocacy and state budget requests. In addition, Amber works with multiple trade and business associations, managing programs, events, communications, membership, among other services.

Prior to joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Amber served as the director of government relations for the South Carolina Bankers Association. In that capacity, she was responsible for coordinating the organization's lobbying and legislative efforts at the state and federal level. Before that, Amber served as a leadership consultant for Alpha Delta Pi Sorority and traveled the country working with collegiate women on leadership and organizational management. She is a former intern of the Hodges Consulting Group, which was headed by former South Carolina governor and MWC president Jim Hodges.

Amber serves as the vice president of the South Carolina Girls State Foundation Board. She has been named to the Columbia Regional Business Report Book of Lists as a top lobbyist for three consecutive years (2024 - 2026).

SARA VERNON

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

0-5 years

Sara joined McGuireWoods Consulting after six years with the SC Association of REALTORS as their director of political affairs. In that capacity, she managed the SC REALTORS Political Action Committee Board of Trustees, fundraising, finances, disbursements, ethics reporting, independent expenditure campaigns, and public policy campaigns.

Prior to that she served as executive assistant/scheduler to U.S. Congressman Tom Rice in Washington, DC. Her previous experience also includes campaign fundraising for multiple members of the South Carolina General Assembly and members of Congress.

Sara has a public relations degree from the University of South Carolina and is currently pursuing her Master's in business administration at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.

BRIAN FLYNN

  • 803-920-6797

  • 1301 Gervais St. Suite 1050, Columbia, SC, 29201, 

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

"Brian is who you want in the trenches with you." - Travis Bussey, Community Choice Financial

15-20 years

Brian Flynn is senior vice president and director of McGuireWoods Consulting's South Carolina government relations group. He advises a diverse group of clients on government affairs strategies at both the state and national levels. Through his national practice, Brian works with Fortune 500 companies and leading trade associations to navigate complex legislative, regulatory and public policy issues.

In South Carolina, Brian represents clients before the General Assembly, executive branch agencies and local governments across a wide range of industries and policy areas.

His experience includes work in energy, health care, transportation, pharmaceuticals, alcohol beverage regulation, retail and nonprofit advocacy. Brian has extensive experience developing and implementing integrated government affairs, grassroots advocacy and public affairs strategies for clients.

An Eagle Scout, Brian graduated from The Citadel and was commissioned as a military intelligence officer in the United States Army. In 2010, he deployed to Afghanistan with the 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, where he served as the unit's tactical intelligence officer. After 22 years of military service, Brian retired from the South Carolina Army National Guard, where he most recently served as a legislative liaison.

Before joining McGuireWoods Consulting, Brian worked on numerous political and grassroots campaigns throughout South Carolina. He has been recognized in the Columbia Regional Business Report Book of Lists as one of the state's top lobbyists for three consecutive years (2024 - 2026).

Brian lives in Columbia, South Carolina, with his wife, Rachel, and their two daughters.

  • 99 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2020, ALBANY, NY, 12260, 

Clients:

1) 125 Greenwich Owner LLC

2) 554 Metro Spe LLC

3) A Posteriori LLC

4) Aden Brook Agricultural, LLC

5) Advantage Capital

6) American Beverage Association

7) American Coatings Association, INC.

8) Amp Robotics Corporation

9) Association Of Home Appliance Manufacturers

10) Association Of Professional Land Surveyors, INC. (NYS)

11) Association Of Towns Of The State Of New York

12) Aurora Carleton Ave LLC

13) Aurora Carleton LLC

14) Bae Systems, INC.

15) Bell Laboratories, INC.

16) Bestpass, INC.

17) Boston Beer Company (The)

18) Bsac2 DBA Healthful Meals LLC

19) Carson Power

20) Catskills Tech Hub LLC

21) Centralus Health, INC.

22) Certainteed Gypsum Operating Company LLC

23) Chevra Hatzalah

24) Chinese American Ipa, INC.

25) City Of Buffalo

26) Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, INC.

27) Commission On Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

28) Concourse Tech, INC.

29) County Of Rockland

30) Cpd NY Energy CORP.

31) Creighton Manning Engineering & Surveying, PLLC

32) Delaware Engineering, D.p.c.

33) Dk Crown Holdings INC.

34) Doctors Management Company (The)

35) Early Care And Learning Council

36) Edge Inference, LLC

37) Environmental Advocates Action, INC

38) Field Point Servicing, LLC

39) Finger Lakes Ipa, INC. D/B/A Forward Leading Ipa

40) Galaxy Media Partners LLC

41) Garonit Pharmaceutical INC.

42) Gotham Eye Medical

43) Government Employees Insurance Company (Geico)

44) Hecate Energy LLC

45) Hobart And William Smith Colleges

46) Hospitals Insurance Company

47) Hudson Public Hotel LLC

48) Imagetrend. LLC

49) Improvlearning, INC. FKA National Point And Insurance Reduction Course, INC

50) Infant Nutrition Council Of America

51) Infra Tech Engineering LLC

52) K&R Preservation LLC

53) Kalshi INC.

54) Kent Riverview LLC

55) Key Capture Energy, LLC

56) Lagrange Fire District

57) Leaflink INC.

58) Livingston County

59) Loretto Management Corporation

60) Mandi Care LLC

61) Mcdonald's USA, LLC

62) Med-Metrix, LLC

63) Meta Platforms, INC.

64) Mfny Group CORP.

65) Milmar Food Group Ii, LLC

66) Mlmic Insurance Company

67) Myle Technologies, INC.

68) National Strategies, LLC

69) Neumo Tax & Licensing LLC FKA Govos, INC.

70) New York State Dental Association

71) New York Tobacconist Association, INC.

72) Ninjaone, LLC

73) Novo Nordisk INC.

74) Nr International

75) Orange County Ida

76) Panorama Education, INC.

77) Peckham Industries, INC.

78) Pennymac Financial Services, INC.

79) Perfect Health Boro Park LLC

80) Pharmacann Of New York, LLC

81) Planet Networks, INC.

82) Poly Craft Industries CORP.

83) Project P Holdings, LLC D/B/A Northeast Shared Services

84) Public Employer Risk Management Association, INC.

85) Remco Agency, INC.

86) Retail Council Of New York State, INC.

87) Rewiring America, INC.

88) Rockland Green

89) Rockland Independent Living Center, INC. DBA Bridges

90) Roman Health Ventures INC.

91) Safety Holdings, INC.

92) Salesforce, INC.

93) Scannell Properties , LLC

94) Securus Technologies, LLC

95) Sf Cherry Hill LP

96) Shaw Building LP

97) Shift Chainworks Owner1, LLC

98) Steady Platform, INC.

99) Stewart Title Insurance Company

100) Sun Ng Kittatinny Rv LLC

101) Superior Pack Group

102) T-Mobile USA, INC.

103) Tech:NYC INC.

104) The Agency Broome County Ida/Ldc

105) The Machaneh Trust

106) Town Of Clarkstown

107) Town Of Haverstraw

108) Town Of Ramapo

109) Trustees Of The Masonic Hall And Asylum Fund

110) Tungsten Health Holdings, LLC D/B/A Habitat Health

111) Underdog Sports Holdings, INC. D/B/A Underdog Fantasy

112) Vantage Compliance

113) Veracare INC.

114) Village Of Kiryas Joel

115) Village Of Pelham Manor

116) Village Of West Haverstraw

117) Volvo Group North America

118) Womble Bond Dickinson (Us) LLP

CLARE HESTER

(Mississippi, )
Clients:

1) Accelerate Learning, Inc.

2) American Medical Response

3) American Petroleum Institute

4) Americans for Lower Drug Prices

5) Assured Guaranty Inc.

6) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP and its Affiliates

7) Asurion

8) BDO Government Services, LLC

9) Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.

10) BetterLesson

11) Bitcoin Depot

12) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation

13) Caertwheel Care, Inc.

14) CAG Holdings, Inc. LLC, a Carlyle Company Company Name

15) Capitol Resources LLC

16) Catapult Learning

17) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

18) CHAMP Titles INC.

19) Cicero Action

20) Community Health Center Association of Mississippi, Inc.

21) Data Recognition Corporation

22) Delta Carbon USA

23) Diamondhead Water & Sewer District

24) Drax Group

25) Equifax, Inc.

26) Ergon, Inc.

27) Ernst & Young LLP

28) Exxon Mobil Corporation

29) Fortinet, Inc.

30) Gainwell Holding Corp.

31) Google LLC and its Affiliates

32) Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

33) Hazel Health

34) HB Strategies on behalf of Good Rx

35) Health Resources LLC

36) Ingalls Shipbuilding

37) Intervest Corp.

38) 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

39) Madison County Board of Supervisors

40) McLANE COMPANY, INC.

41) MedeAnalytics

42) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.

43) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

44) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

45) MGM Resorts International

46) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

47) Mississippi Association of REALTORS

48) Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers

49) Mississippi Business Alliance

50) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

51) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

52) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

53) Mississippi Counseling Association

54) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

55) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

56) Mississippi Optometric Association

57) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

58) Mississippi Physicians Care Network

59) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation

60) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists

61) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

62) Money Service Business Association, Inc.

63) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

64) National Mentor Holdings, LLC

65) National Rarities

66) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

67) NOLA Education,LLC

68) Ochsner Health System

69) OneImaging

70) Palantir Technologies Inc.

71) Panorama Education, Inc.

72) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

73) Reason Foundation

74) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

75) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

76) Robinhood Markets, Inc.

77) Safety and Advocacy for Empowerment (SAFE) Coalition

78) Samsara Inc.

79) Scholastic Inc

80) SecurityScorecard, Inc.

81) Sharecare

82) SHI International

83) SimpliGov LLC

84) Singing River Health System

85) SitelogIQ LLC

86) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

87) Southern Renewable Energy Association

88) Spire Mississippi Inc.

89) State Shield Action

90) STChealth LLC

91) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

92) Strategic Communications

93) Teaching Strategies

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

95) The Magee Foundation

96) The University of Southern Mississippi

97) Thrivist

98) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

99) Turo Inc.

100) Twenty Labs, LLC dba Healthy Together

101) Uber Technologies, Inc.

102) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

103) Universal Health Services, Inc.

104) Vulcan Technologies, Inc

105) Wayne Halfway House, Inc.

106) Wonderschool

107) Workday

108) yes. every. kid

109) Youth Villages

  • 99 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2020, ALBANY, NY, 12260, 

Clients:

1) 554 Metro Spe LLC

2) A Place For Mom, INC.

3) Aden Brook Agricultural, LLC

4) Albany Med Health System

5) American Beverage Association

6) Amp Robotics Corporation

7) Association Of Home Appliance Manufacturers

8) Association Of Professional Land Surveyors, INC. (NYS)

9) Aurora Carleton Ave LLC

10) Bell Laboratories, INC.

11) Bsac2 DBA Healthful Meals LLC

12) Camba, INC.

13) Care Management Alliance Of New York

14) Carson Power

15) Catholic Health System Of Long Island, INC. D/B/A Catholic Health

16) Centralus Health, INC.

17) Clean Earth Environmental Solutions, INC.

18) Coalition For The Advancement Of Small Business Pharmacy

19) Commission On Independent Colleges & Universities

20) Commission On Rehabilitation Counselor Certification

21) Concourse Tech, INC.

22) Consumer Directed Action Of New York, INC.

23) Council Of School Superintendents (NYS)

24) County Of Rockland

25) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

26) Dk Crown Holdings INC.

27) Empire Education Corporation

28) Environmental Advocates Action, INC

29) Finger Lakes Ipa, INC. D/B/A Forward Leading Ipa

30) First Medcare, INC.

31) Gotham Eye Medical

32) Government Employees Insurance Company (Geico)

33) Healthcare Association Of New York State, INC.

34) Hippocratic Ai, INC.

35) Imagetrend. LLC

36) Infant Nutrition Council Of America

37) Infra Tech Engineering LLC

38) Johnson Controls, INC.

39) Kent Riverview LLC

40) Leaflink INC.

41) Legal Services Of The Hudson Valley

42) Loretto Management Corporation

43) Maimonides Medical Center

44) Mandi Care LLC

45) Mcdonald's USA, LLC

46) Mcg Health, LLC

47) Med-Metrix, LLC

48) Mfny Group CORP.

49) Mlmic Insurance Company

50) Myle Technologies, INC.

51) National Home Infusion Association

52) National Strategies, LLC

53) New York Institute Of Technology

54) New York Road Runners, INC.

55) New York State Coalition Of Special Act School Districts, INC.

56) New York State Dental Association

57) Ninjaone, LLC

58) Northwell Health, INC.

59) Novo Nordisk INC.

60) NY Medical Cannabis Industry Association

61) Panorama Education, INC.

62) Pennymac Financial Services, INC.

63) Perfect Health Boro Park LLC

64) Pf High School, LLC

65) Retail Council Of New York State, INC.

66) Richmond University Medical Center

67) Rockland Independent Living Center, INC. DBA Bridges

68) Roman Health Ventures INC.

69) School Facilities Association (NYS)

70) St. Mary's Healthcare System For Children, INC.

71) Steady Platform, INC.

72) Stony Brook University

73) T-Mobile USA, INC.

74) Talkiatry Management Services, LLC

75) Tech:NYC INC.

76) The Alliance Of Tbi & Nhtd Waiver Providers, INC.

77) The Dow Chemical Company

78) The Downstate Coalition For Quality Home Care

79) The Mount Sinai Hospital

80) Tntic, LLC

81) Triadd, LLC

82) Trinity Health

83) Trustees Of The Masonic Hall And Asylum Fund

84) Tungsten Health Holdings, LLC D/B/A Habitat Health

85) United Hospice, INC.

86) University Of Mount Saint Vincent

87) Vantage Compliance

88) Veracare INC.

89) Village Of Haverstraw

90) Womble Bond Dickinson (Us) LLP

91) Woods System Of Care

92) Yb-Aba Management Company, LLC

  • 99 WASHINGTON AVENUE, SUITE 2020, ALBANY, NY, 12260, 

Clients: