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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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

ROBERT BARANSAKA

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:

KENNETH E.SWAB

(Federal)
Clients:
  • (850) 222-9075

  • 124 W Jefferson StreetOPB-DIRTallahasseeFL32301

Clients:

MEGAN HANNIGAN

(Federal)
  • 1250 I Street NWSuite 1202WashingtonDC20005

Clients:

KRISTEN HASSEBROOK

(Nebraska)
Clients:

TIMOTHY HRUZA

(Nebraska)
Clients:
Clients:

1) A Place for Mom

2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

3) Advocating for Seniors

4) Ajax Building Company, LLC

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) Boatsetter

16) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

17) Brandt Information Services

18) Broward College Foundation

19) Broward County

20) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

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) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

35) Development Corporation for Israel

36) DialCare, LLC.

37) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

38) Ecosouth Florida, LLC

39) Elevated, LLC

40) Elite DNA Therapy

41) Emovis USA, Inc.

42) Field of Dreams

43) Florida Alliance for Seniors

44) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals

45) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

46) Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Inc.

47) Florida Community Financial Services Association

48) Florida Credit Union Association

49) Florida Institute of Technology

50) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

51) Florida Power & Light Company

52) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

53) Florida Realtors

54) Florida Surplus Lines Association

55) Fox Corporation

56) Gartner, Inc.

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

58) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

59) Hillpointe, LLC

60) Horsepower Electric

61) INSIGHTEC

62) K9s for Warriors

63) Kalshi Inc.

64) Lennar Homes, LLC

65) Life Science Logistics, LLC

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

67) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

68) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

69) Melbourne Greyhound Park

70) Memorial Healthcare System

71) Miami-Dade County

72) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners

73) National Speech & Debate Association

74) Neal Communities

75) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

76) Nile Inc.

77) North American Transit Alliance

78) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

79) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

80) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

81) Orange Barrel Media

82) Orlando Health

83) Palm Beach Atlantic University

84) Palm Beach County

85) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

86) Palm Beach Zoo

87) Paypal

88) PCI Gaming

89) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

90) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

91) Primerica, Inc.

92) PrizePicks

93) Project LIFT

94) Promise Network Inc.

95) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

96) RAI Services Company

97) Real Public Notices LLC

98) RELX Inc.

99) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

100) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

101) Ryan, LLC

102) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

103) SaferWatch, LLC

104) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

105) SAI Interactive

106) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

107) School Board of Brevard County

108) Sellers Dorsey

109) South Automotive Group

110) St. Petersburg College Foundation

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

112) Starkey Hearing Technologies

113) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

114) Take Stock in Children

115) The Center for Arts & Innovation, Inc.

116) The City of Miami

117) The City of Venice

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

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

120) The Everglades Trust

121) The GEO Group, Inc.

122) The North Highland Company

123) Town Of Highland Beach

124) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

125) University of Florida Student Government Association

126) University of Miami

127) Veyer, LLC

128) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

129) Woolpert, Inc.

130) World Liberty Financial

LAUREN KIMZEY

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:

CHRISTOPHER LAMOND

(Federal)
Clients:

1) AARP

2) Advanced Technology International (On behalf of National Armaments Consortium)

3) Advocate Aurora

4) Alkermes, Inc.

5) Alliance for Cell Therapy Now

6) Alliance for Drone Innovation (informal)

7) Allstate Insurance Company

8) Altria Client Services, Inc.

9) American Financial Services Association (AFSA)

10) American Seniors Housing Association

11) American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

12) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

13) Anduril

14) Biogen

15) BlackLine, Inc.

16) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

17) Broward County, FL

18) Carbon Solutions Group

19) Cargo Airline Association

20) CCC Information Services

21) Central Florida Expressway Authority

22) CGI Federal, Inc.

23) Charlotte County, FL

24) City of Gresham

25) City of Manteca, CA

26) City of Pismo Beach, CA

27) City of Roseville

28) City of Santa Maria, CA

29) City of Visalia, CA

30) City of Wichita, KS

31) College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)

32) Comcast Corporation

33) Conduent, Inc. and its Affiliates

34) Continuing Medical Education Coalition

35) Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

36) Danbury Mission Technologies, LLC

37) Del Norte County, CA

38) Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

39) eBay, Inc.

40) Encore Capital Group

41) Environmental Working Group

42) Equifax Inc.

43) Exelixis

44) FedEx Corporation

45) Financial Services Institute

46) Florida Inland Navigation District

47) Fluor Corporation

48) ForeScout Technologies, Inc.

49) General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems, LLC

50) General Atomics, Electromagnetic Systems, Inc.

51) Geost, Inc.

52) Glaukos Corporation

53) GlaxoSmithKline LLC

54) Harmony Biosciences

55) Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc. (formerly known as Horizon Pharma USA, Inc)

56) Huntington's Disease Society of America

57) Imprivata, Inc.

58) InComm Holdings, Inc.

59) Institute for Gene Therapies

60) InterDigital, Inc.

61) International Packaged Ice Association

62) Jackson National Life Insurance Company

63) JM Family Enterprises, Inc

64) JTR Strategies on behalf of Jetblue Airways Corporation

65) Kentucky Community and Technical College System

66) KIA Motors Corporation

67) Los Angeles County, Office of Education

68) Marion County, FL

69) Martin County, FL

70) McAllister & Quinn on behalf of Villanova University

71) Medical Device Manufacturers Association

72) Medline Industries, Inc.

73) Melbourne Airport Authority

74) MetaBank

75) Monroe County, FL

76) Mortgage Bankers Association

77) National Association for the Employment of People Who Are Blind (NAEPB)

78) National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies

79) National Council for Behavioral Health

80) National Football League

81) National Home Infusion Association

82) National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.

83) North Texas Commission

84) Novartis Corporation

85) NW Natural

86) OneMain Financial Group, LLC

87) Ounce of Prevention Fund

88) Palm Beach County, FL

89) Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston, TX

90) Partnership for Part D Access (informal coalition)

91) PayPal

92) PIPE-Partnership for Infrastructure Project Excellence (informal coalition)

93) Professional Compounding Centers of America

94) Prudential Financial, Inc.

95) Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA)

96) Raytheon Technologies Corporation (formerly United Technologies Corporation)

97) Republic Airlines, Inc.

98) Robinhood

99) San Bernardino City Unified School District

100) Sanofi US Services Inc.

101) Sedgwick County, KS

102) Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA)

103) Solve ME/CFS Initiative

104) St. Lucie County, FL

105) T-Mobile USA, Inc.

106) Telehealth Access for Behavioral Health

107) TerSera Therapeutics

108) Texas Association of Business

109) The Biosimilars Forum

110) The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

111) Tripadvisor LLC

112) Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas

113) University of Tennessee

114) Village of Islamorada, FL

115) Village of Key Biscayne, FL

116) Vocera Communications

117) West Coast Inland Navigation District

118) Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc.

BARBARA MEANEY

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:

WILLIAM MUELLER

(Nebraska)
Clients:

BARRY MURPHY

(Federal)
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) Advocating for Seniors

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) CDR Maguire

16) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

17) Cicero Action

18) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

19) Citigroup Washington Inc.

20) City of Coral Gables

21) City of Fort Lauderdale

22) Community Care Plan

23) Coral Rock Development Group, LLC

24) Coventry

25) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

26) Development Corporation for Israel

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) Fox Corporation

44) Gartner, Inc.

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

46) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

47) Hillpointe, LLC

48) Horsepower Electric

49) INSIGHTEC

50) K9s for Warriors

51) Kalshi Inc.

52) Lennar Homes, LLC

53) Life Science Logistics, LLC

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

55) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

56) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

57) Melbourne Greyhound Park

58) Memorial Healthcare System

59) National Speech & Debate Association

60) Neal Communities

61) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

62) North American Transit Alliance

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) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

77) PrizePicks

78) Project LIFT

79) Promise Network Inc.

80) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

81) RAI Services Company

82) RELX Inc.

83) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

84) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

85) Ryan, LLC

86) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

87) SaferWatch, LLC

88) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

89) SAI Interactive

90) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

91) School Board of Brevard County

92) Sellers Dorsey

93) Sobe Sky Development, LLC

94) St. Petersburg College Foundation

95) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

96) Starkey Hearing Technologies

97) Sunshine State Tag Agency 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) Veyer, LLC

111) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

112) Woolpert, Inc.

113) World Liberty Financial

FREDDY SOTO

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients:

PHILIP SWARTZFAGER

(Federal)
  • 1250 I Street NWSuite 1202WashingtonDC20005

Clients:

DEVIN WHITNEY

(Arizona)
  • 602-761-2760

Clients: