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DOUG NELSON

  • (573) 353-8279

  • 235 E High Street, Suite 301, Jefferson City, MO, 65101, 

Clarkston Nelson Government Solutions is a full-service governmental relations and advocacy firm located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Although recently founded, our team shares a longstanding, respected reputation in the Missouri State Capitol. Our uniquely qualified professionals have decades of combined experience working in the Missouri state legislature, Executive Branch and state agencies.

The world of politics has changed over the years making it essential for businesses to have an effective and efficient working relationship with policy makers. Our team holds extensive policy knowledge, strong communication and relationship-building skills and precise legislative strategies resulting in successful governmental advocacy for our clients.

At Clarkston Nelson, we believe our teamwork approach based on years of experience, hard work and dedication to our client's interests provide a strong route to client advocacy and effective results bridging the gap between business and government.

FIRM SPECIALTY
DIRECT LOBBYING
In a world of constant change due to term-limits, ever changing political winds and executive branch turnover, we at Clarkston Nelson adapt and thrive due to our extensive experience and hard work. We work extremely hard to successfully help our clients reach their advocacy goals through our professionalism and unique understanding of the legislative and executive process. We provide direct lobbying efforts to shape legislation and regulations from the beginning to implementation. Our firm is capable of providing all services necessary such as legislation and issue monitoring, public engagement counseling, public testimony, and coalition building.

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
We believe that public opinion shapes much of the debate and decisions at the government level. Clarkston Nelson have a long history of working with clients in the preparation and development of messaging to assist in their advocacy efforts before the legislature, regulators or any other decision-making body. Our strategic communications will be aimed at reaching our client's underlying goal and often can be conveyed to the media and public to potentially sway opinion to our favor. Often times, strategic communications are aided with coalition building efforts to expand our sphere of influence and find additional partners that share with our goals and preferred outcomes.

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Our firm recognizes the vast importance of relationship building throughout the political, regulatory, and industry sectors. We believe healthy relationships are built on honest communication and respect. We work diligently with legislators and department contacts to know our clients and understand why their issues matter. Clarkston Nelson strive to maintain professional and positive relations with state elected officials and decision-makers and can utilize our relationships to assist clients with ensuring their issues are properly understood and considered when needed.

DOUG NELSON spent five years as Missouri's State Commissioner of Administration working with all branches of government and every executive branch department on contracting and procurement matters. As Commissioner, he oversaw more than 2,000 active procurement contracts, information technology and cybersecurity issues, bond issuances and budget matters. Along with Doug's unmatched experience in all types of government contract issues, his extensive network of national and state contacts makes him a great resource to clients. Doug also spent more than 18 years as an Assistant Missouri Attorney General focusing on consumer and contract litigation and administrative/regulatory matters. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987 from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and Law degree in 1990 from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

HEATH CLARKSTON

Clarkston Nelson Government Solutions is a full-service governmental relations and advocacy firm located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Although recently founded, our team shares a longstanding, respected reputation in the Missouri State Capitol. Our uniquely qualified professionals have decades of combined experience working in the Missouri state legislature, Executive Branch and state agencies.

The world of politics has changed over the years making it essential for businesses to have an effective and efficient working relationship with policy makers. Our team holds extensive policy knowledge, strong communication and relationship-building skills and precise legislative strategies resulting in successful governmental advocacy for our clients.

At Clarkston Nelson, we believe our teamwork approach based on years of experience, hard work and dedication to our client's interests provide a strong route to client advocacy and effective results bridging the gap between business and government.

FIRM SPECIALTY
DIRECT LOBBYING
In a world of constant change due to term-limits, ever changing political winds and executive branch turnover, we at Clarkston Nelson adapt and thrive due to our extensive experience and hard work. We work extremely hard to successfully help our clients reach their advocacy goals through our professionalism and unique understanding of the legislative and executive process. We provide direct lobbying efforts to shape legislation and regulations from the beginning to implementation. Our firm is capable of providing all services necessary such as legislation and issue monitoring, public engagement counseling, public testimony, and coalition building.

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
We believe that public opinion shapes much of the debate and decisions at the government level. Clarkston Nelson have a long history of working with clients in the preparation and development of messaging to assist in their advocacy efforts before the legislature, regulators or any other decision-making body. Our strategic communications will be aimed at reaching our client's underlying goal and often can be conveyed to the media and public to potentially sway opinion to our favor. Often times, strategic communications are aided with coalition building efforts to expand our sphere of influence and find additional partners that share with our goals and preferred outcomes.

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Our firm recognizes the vast importance of relationship building throughout the political, regulatory, and industry sectors. We believe healthy relationships are built on honest communication and respect. We work diligently with legislators and department contacts to know our clients and understand why their issues matter. Clarkston Nelson strive to maintain professional and positive relations with state elected officials and decision-makers and can utilize our relationships to assist clients with ensuring their issues are properly understood and considered when needed.

HEATH CLARKSTON has more than two decades working for a variety of clients as a registered lobbyist in Missouri with state government relations and public relations experience. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration and Political Science in 1997 from Missouri State University in Springfield. He began his career as a legislative intern for the Taxpayers Research Institute, a division of Associated Industries of Missouri. After joining Gallagher Consultants Inc. in 2006, Heath quickly earned a reputation as a tenacious, hard-working voice in the Missouri State Capitol for his clients. An active member in many civic and professional organizations, Heath is the benchmark of hard work in the State Capitol.

KATHERINE HAAS

KATHERINE HAAS

(Idaho, )

Kestrel West specializes in government affairs, public engagement, perception campaigns, crisis communications and media relations. We are government affairs experts and political strategists who help leaders manage reputations, tell compelling stories and outsmart the competition.

Like our clients, we understand the values of pragmatism, experience, discipline and discretion. Whether you need to change a regulation, create new law, deal with a negative news story, or manage a public campaign, we are trusted advisors who help you win and position for the future.

Firm Specialties:
In a state where part-time legislators don't have staff, lobbyists fill the void.

We provide public employees and elected officials with the information they need to make the right decisions. We help Idaho's elected officials meet their own goals in a way that helps effect positive outcomes for our clients and for the state of Idaho.

We draft legislation, facilitate strategy, meet directly with decision-makers, testify at hearings, prepare background materials and become content experts on key issues so that we can help you and your organization overcome obstacles or achieve new success.

Our knowledge of Idaho's local and state governments mean we are capable of tackling almost any issue. Our client experience and backgrounds give us deep and specialized content knowledge in natural resources, education, technology, procurement and telecom.

KATE HAAS is a lawyer and lobbyist specializing in challenging legislative and regulatory issues. She is also a community-relations expert with deep experience organizing coalitions and campaigns for both businesses and political operations. As a former chief of staff and top policy aide to an Idaho congressman, she has nearly a decade of experience on Capitol Hill in both the Senate and House, and has worked directly on some of our nation's most complicated issues. Kate is a graduate of the University of Idaho College of Law, where she was named to the Dean's list, served an externship for a U.S. District Court Judge and graduated with top honors. She is on the board of directors of the Treasure Valley YMCA and is an avid trail runner. She and her husband, Bret, have a young son.

  • (850) 222-9075

  • 124 W. Jefferson St., Suite 502, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301, 

Clients:

GRETCHEN GUFFY

(Maryland, )
  • (715) 424-3636

  • 2911 Peach Street, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, 54494, 

MICHAEL HENDERSON

(Missouri, )
  • (573) 520-7240

  • 235 E High Street, Suite 301, Jefferson City, MO, 65101, 

Clients:
Clients:

1) A Place for Mom

2) ABC Institute Apprenticeship College

3) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

4) Ajax Building Company, LLC

5) Anthropic, PBC

6) AshBritt, 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) Facing History & Ourselves, Inc.

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 Electric Cooperatives Association

52) Florida Institute of Technology

53) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

54) Florida Power & Light Company

55) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

56) Florida Realtors

57) Florida Surplus Lines Association

58) Fox Corporation

59) Gartner, Inc.

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

61) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

62) Hillpointe, LLC

63) Horsepower Electric

64) INSIGHTEC

65) K9s for Warriors

66) Kalshi Inc.

67) Lennar Homes, LLC

68) Life Science Logistics, LLC

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

70) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

71) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

72) Melbourne Greyhound Park

73) Memorial Healthcare System

74) Miami-Dade County

75) Monroe County Board of County Commissioners

76) National Speech & Debate Association

77) Neal Communities

78) Neal Land & Neighborhoods

79) Nile Inc.

80) NYU Langone Health

81) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

82) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

83) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

84) Orange Barrel Media

85) Orlando Health

86) Palm Beach Atlantic University

87) Palm Beach County

88) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

89) Palm Beach Zoo

90) Paypal

91) PBA Holdings, Inc

92) PCI Gaming

93) Peregrine Technologies, Inc.

94) Place of Hope

95) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

96) Primerica, Inc.

97) PrizePicks

98) Project LIFT

99) Promise Network Inc.

100) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

101) RAI Services Company

102) Redwood Dev Co, LLC

103) RELX Inc.

104) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

105) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

106) Ryan, LLC

107) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

108) SaferWatch, LLC

109) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

110) SAI Interactive

111) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

112) Sellers Dorsey

113) South Automotive Group

114) St. Petersburg College Foundation

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

116) Starkey Hearing Technologies

117) STRAX Technologies, LLC

118) Take Stock in Children

119) Tamiami 137, LLC

120) The Center for Arts & Innovation, Inc.

121) The City of Miami

122) The City of Venice

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

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

125) The Everglades Trust

126) The GEO Group, Inc.

127) The North Highland Company

128) Town Of Highland Beach

129) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

130) University of Florida Student Government Association

131) University of Miami

132) Utility Associates, Inc.

133) Veyer, LLC

134) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

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

136) Welbe Health

137) Woolpert, Inc.

138) World Liberty Financial

Clients:

48) Keystone Peer Review Organization, LLC dba Acentra Health

49) Lennar Homes, LLC

50) LifeLink Foundation, Inc.

51) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

52) Mithril Defense

53) ModivCare Solutions LLC

54) Motor Vehicle Protection Product Association

55) NLP Logix

56) Northwest Florida State College Foundation, Inc.

57) Oportun, Inc.

58) Provado Mobile Health

59) Quintessence Marine, Inc.

60) RAI Services Company

61) RELX Inc.

62) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

63) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

64) Safelite Group, Inc.

65) Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Van Wezel Foundation, Inc.

66) Sellers Dorsey

67) Service Contract Industry Council

68) South Automotive Group

69) St. John Advertising and Public Relations, Inc.

70) St. Petersburg College Foundation

71) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

72) Take Stock in Children

73) The City of Venice

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

75) The Everglades Trust

76) The GEO Group, Inc.

77) The North Highland Company

78) The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida

79) The School Board of Pinellas County

80) The School Board of Sarasota County

81) The Travelers Indemnity Company

82) Trinity Education Group

83) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

84) University of Florida Student Government Association

85) USAA

86) Veyer, LLC

87) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

88) Vistra Communications

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

90) Vocate Education Solutions, Inc.

91) Voya Services Company

92) Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A

93) Zurich American Insurance Company

CHRISTOPHER SCHOONOVER

CHRISTOPHER SCHOONOVER

(Florida, )
Clients:

1) A Place for Mom

2) ABC Institute Apprenticeship College

3) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

4) Anthropic, PBC

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) Sellers Dorsey

91) St. Petersburg College Foundation

92) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

93) Starkey Hearing Technologies

94) STRAX Technologies, LLC

95) Take Stock in Children

96) The City of Miami

97) The City of Venice

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

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

100) The Everglades Trust

101) The GEO Group, Inc.

102) The North Highland Company

103) TRC Companies, Inc.

104) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

105) University of Florida Student Government Association

106) University of Miami

107) Utility Associates, Inc.

108) Veyer, LLC

109) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

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

111) Welbe Health

112) Woolpert, Inc.

113) World Liberty Financial