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JOHN KELLY

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

LAUREN KING

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

JULIE REES

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.

BARBARA MEANEY

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

LIAM SWEENEY

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.

RICHARD TRAVIS

RICHARD TRAVIS

(Arizona)

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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

JOHN ERSKINE

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.

CHRISTOPHER VANDEHOEF

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)
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ANDREW HALATAEI

(Federal)
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KRISTEN HASSEBROOK

(Nebraska)
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EMILY HICKMAN

(Federal)
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TIMOTHY HRUZA

(Nebraska)
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Clients:

1) A Place for Mom

2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

3) Ajax Building Company, LLC

4) Anthropic, PBC

5) AshBritt, Inc.

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

7) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

8) Assurant Group

9) AT&T Services, Inc.

10) Atkins North America, Inc.

11) bestbet Jacksonville

12) BlackRock Funds Services Group, LLC

13) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

14) Brandt Information Services

15) Broward College Foundation

16) Broward County

17) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

18) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

19) CDR Maguire

20) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

21) Cicero Action

22) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

23) Citigroup Washington Inc.

24) City of Boca Raton

25) City of Coral Gables

26) City of Fort Lauderdale

27) Coalition for Home Equity Partnership

28) Cody Khan

29) Community Care Plan

30) Coventry

31) CURE Auto Insurance

32) CVS Health and All Affiliates

33) Cypress Creek Leaseholder LLC

34) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

35) DialCare, LLC.

36) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

37) Ecoresiliency Miami LLC

38) Ecosouth Florida, LLC

39) Elevated, LLC

40) Elite DNA Therapy

41) Emovis USA, Inc.

42) Environmental Resilient Communities LLC

43) Field of Dreams

44) Florida Alliance for Seniors

45) Florida Alliance for Vacation Rentals

46) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

47) Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Inc.

48) Florida Community Financial Services Association

49) Florida Credit Union Association

50) Florida Electric Cooperatives 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) PBA Holdings, Inc

90) PCI Gaming

91) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

92) Place of Hope

93) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

94) Primerica, Inc.

95) PrizePicks

96) Project LIFT

97) Promise Network Inc.

98) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

99) RAI Services Company

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) VM Consolidated, Inc. and its affiliates DBA Verra Mobility

135) Welbe Health

136) Woolpert, Inc.

137) World Liberty Financial

AMY KIM

(Federal)
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LAUREN KIMZEY

(Arizona)
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STEPHEN MALITO

(New York)
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BARBARA MEANEY

(Arizona)
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WILLIAM MUELLER

(Nebraska)
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ROXANNA PITONES

(Arizona)
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GALEN ROEHL

(Federal)
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MATTHEW SCHAEFER

(Nebraska)
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CHRISTOPHER SCHOONOVER

CHRISTOPHER SCHOONOVER

(Florida)
Clients:

1) A Place for Mom

2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

3) Anthropic, PBC

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

5) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

6) Atkins North America, Inc.

7) bestbet Jacksonville

8) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

9) Brandt Information Services

10) Broward College Foundation

11) Broward County

12) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

13) Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C.

14) CDR Maguire

15) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

16) Cicero Action

17) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

18) Citigroup Washington Inc.

19) City of Coral Gables

20) City of Fort Lauderdale

21) Community Care Plan

22) Coral Rock Development Group, LLC

23) Coventry

24) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

25) DialCare, LLC.

26) Ducky Recovery, LLC.

27) Elevated, LLC

28) Elite DNA Therapy

29) Field of Dreams

30) Florida Alliance for Seniors

31) Florida Association of District School Superintendents

32) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

33) Florida Atlantic University Foundation, Inc.

34) Florida Community Financial Services Association

35) Florida Credit Union Association

36) Florida Institute of Technology

37) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

38) Florida Power & Light Company

39) Florida Realtors

40) Florida Surplus Lines Association

41) Fluid Marine

42) Fox Corporation

43) Gartner, Inc.

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

45) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

46) Hillpointe, LLC

47) Horsepower Electric

48) INSIGHTEC

49) K9s for Warriors

50) Kalshi Inc.

51) Lennar Homes, LLC

52) Life Science Logistics, LLC

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

54) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

55) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

56) Melbourne Greyhound Park

57) Memorial Healthcare System

58) National Speech & Debate Association

59) Neal Communities

60) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

61) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

62) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

63) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

64) Oportun, Inc.

65) Orange Barrel Media

66) Orlando Health

67) Palm Beach Atlantic University

68) Palm Beach County

69) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

70) Palm Beach Zoo

71) Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

72) Paypal

73) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

74) Place of Hope

75) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

76) PrizePicks

77) Project LIFT

78) Promise Network Inc.

79) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

80) RAI Services Company

81) RELX Inc.

82) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

83) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

84) Ryan, LLC

85) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

86) SaferWatch, LLC

87) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

88) SAI Interactive

89) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

90) School Board of Brevard County

91) Sellers Dorsey

92) St. Petersburg College Foundation

93) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

94) Starkey Hearing Technologies

95) STRAX Technologies, LLC

96) Take Stock in Children

97) The City of Miami

98) The City of Venice

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

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

101) The Everglades Trust

102) The GEO Group, Inc.

103) The North Highland Company

104) TRC Companies, Inc.

105) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

106) University of Florida Student Government Association

107) University of Miami

108) Utility Associates, Inc.

109) Veyer, LLC

110) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

111) VM Consolidated, Inc. and its affiliates DBA Verra Mobility

112) Welbe Health

113) Woolpert, Inc.

114) World Liberty Financial

FREDDY SOTO

(Arizona)
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PHILIP SWARTZFAGER

(Federal)
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DEVIN WHITNEY

(Arizona)
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