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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.

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.

Clients:

1) Accenture LLP

2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

3) Ajax Building Company, LLC

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

5) AshBritt, Inc.

6) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

7) Assurant Group

8) AT&T Services, Inc.

9) Atkins North America, Inc.

10) Bentley Bay Retail LLC.

11) bestbet Jacksonville

12) BlackRock

13) Bloom Retirement Holdings Inc.

14) Boatsetter

15) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

16) Brandt Information Services

17) Broward College Foundation

18) Broward County

19) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

20) C.W. Roberts Contracting Inc.

21) CDR Maguire

22) ChenMed LLC

23) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

24) Cicero Action

25) Citadel Enterprise Americas LLC

26) Citigroup Washington Inc.

27) City of Boca Raton

28) City of Coral Gables

29) City of Fort Lauderdale

30) Clara Homes

31) Cody Khan

32) Common Sense Action for America

33) Community Care Plan

34) Coventry

35) CVS Health and All Affiliates

36) Dealer Services Network, LLC

37) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

38) DialCare, LLC.

39) East Coast Zoological Society of Florida

40) Ecoresiliency Miami LLC

41) Ecosouth Florida, LLC

42) Elevated, LLC

43) Elite DNA Therapy

44) Emovis USA, Inc.

45) Environmental Resilient Communities LLC

46) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.

47) Ferrovial Vertiports US, LLC

48) Field of Dreams

49) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

50) Florida Community Financial Services Association

51) Florida Cultural Alliance

52) Florida Independent Physician Practice Association

53) Florida Institute of Technology

54) Florida International University Foundation, Inc.

55) Florida Power & Light Company

56) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

57) Florida Realtors

58) Florida Surplus Lines Association

59) Florida Transportation Builders Association

60) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association

61) Fox Corporation

62) Gartner, Inc.

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

64) GoBrands, Inc.

65) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

66) Health Foundation of South Florida

67) Hillpointe, LLC

68) Horsepower Electric

69) INSIGHTEC

70) Jupiter Island Forever Advocacy, Inc.

71) K9s for Warriors

72) Land Sea Homes

73) League of Southeastern Credit Unions

74) Lennar Homes, LLC

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

76) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

77) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

78) Media Choice, LLC

79) Melbourne Greyhound Park

80) Memorial Healthcare System

81) Miami-Dade County

82) National Rental Home Council

83) Neal Land Development Group

84) New College Foundation, Inc.

85) NJ Lotto d/b/a The Lotter

86) O3 Worldwide, Inc.

87) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

88) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

89) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

90) Palm Beach Atlantic University

91) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

92) Park Maitland School

93) Paypal

94) PCI Gaming

95) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

96) Precision Healthcare

97) Primerica, Inc.

98) PrizePicks

99) Project LIFT

100) Promise Network Inc.

101) PropLogix, LLC

102) RAI Services Company

103) RELX Inc.

104) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

105) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

106) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

107) SaferWatch, LLC

108) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

109) SAI Interactive

110) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

111) School Board of Brevard County

112) Sellers Dorsey

113) Shoma Homes

114) SI Group Client Services

115) Sobe Sky Development, LLC

116) South Automotive Group

117) St. Petersburg College Foundation

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

119) Starkey Hearing Technologies

120) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

121) Take Stock in Children

122) Tamiami 137, LLC

123) Tampa Bay Rays

124) Tenderheart Health Outcomes

125) THE CENTER FOR ARTS & INNOVATION, INC.

126) The City of Miami

127) The City of Venice

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

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

130) The Everglades Trust

131) The GEO Group, Inc.

132) The North Highland Company

133) Town Of Highland Beach

134) Town of Jupiter Island

135) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

136) University of Florida Student Government Association

137) University of Miami

138) Vaxxinity, Inc.

139) Veyer, LLC

140) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

141) Vista Motor Company

CHRISTOPHER KRATZER

(Illinois)
Clients:

1) 3M Company

2) Accenture LLP

3) ACT, Inc.

4) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

5) Adobe Inc.

6) Ajax Building Company, LLC

7) AMAROK

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

9) Assurant Group

10) bestbet Jacksonville

11) Broward County Clerk of the Court

12) Capio Partners

13) Cemex Construction Materials Florida, LLC

14) Chick-Fil-A, Inc.

15) Citigroup Washington Inc.

16) City of Boca Raton

17) City of Fort Lauderdale

18) City of Panama City

19) Coalition of Ignition Interlock Manufacturers

20) Collier County Public Schools

21) Coventry

22) CVS Health and All Affiliates

23) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

24) DialCare, LLC.

25) Discovery Education

26) East Coast Zoological Society of Florida

27) Emovis USA, Inc.

28) EPAM Government Solutions, LLC.

29) Excelligence/Frogstreet

30) Field of Dreams

31) Florida Association of District School Superintendents

32) Florida Association of Health Plans

33) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

34) Florida Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists

35) Florida Association of World IB Schools

36) Florida Cultural Alliance

37) Florida Institute of Technology

38) Florida Keys Educational Foundation, Inc.

39) Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association

40) Florida Realtors

41) Florida Surplus Lines Association

42) Fox Corporation

43) Franklin County Board of County Commissioners

44) Gartner, Inc.

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

46) Guaranteed Asset Protection Alliance

47) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

48) Health Foundation of South Florida

49) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

50) Innovation Foundation

51) Insurance Auto Auctions

52) Integrated Home Care Services, Inc.

53) KEPRO

54) Keystone Peer Review Organization, LLC dba Acentra Health

55) League of Southeastern Credit Unions

56) Lennar Homes, LLC

57) Lexmark International, Inc.

58) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

59) ModivCare Solutions LLC

60) National Rental Home Council

61) Neal Land Development Group

62) New College Foundation, Inc.

63) NJ Lotto d/b/a The Lotter

64) Northwest Florida State College Foundation, Inc.

65) Oportun, Inc.

66) Provado Mobile Health

67) RAI Services Company

68) RELX Inc.

69) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

70) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

71) Safelite Group, Inc.

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

73) Sellers Dorsey

74) Service Contract Industry Council

75) South Automotive Group

76) St. Petersburg College Foundation

77) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

78) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

79) Take Stock in Children

80) Tenderheart Health Outcomes

81) The City of Venice

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

83) The Everglades Trust

84) The GEO Group, Inc.

85) The North Highland Company

86) The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida

87) The School Board of Pinellas County

88) The School Board of Sarasota County

89) The Travelers Indemnity Company

90) Trinity Education Group

91) UMA Education, Inc.

92) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

93) University of Florida Student Government Association

94) USAA

95) Veyer, LLC

96) Visa U.S.A. Inc.

97) Vista Motor Company

98) Voya Services Company

99) Yamaha Marine

100) Zurich American Insurance Company

CHRISTOPHER SCHOONOVER

(Florida)
Clients:

1) Accenture LLP

2) Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, LLC

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

4) Associated Industries of Florida, Inc.

5) Atkins North America, Inc.

6) bestbet Jacksonville

7) Bloom Retirement Holdings Inc.

8) Bonefish & Tarpon Trust

9) Brandt Information Services

10) Broward College Foundation

11) Broward County

12) Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

13) CDR Maguire

14) ChenMed LLC

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) Clara Homes

22) Common Sense Action for America

23) Community Care Plan

24) Coventry

25) Dealer Services Network, LLC

26) Delta Air Lines, Inc.

27) DialCare, LLC.

28) East Coast Zoological Society of Florida

29) Elevated, LLC

30) Elite DNA Therapy

31) Ferrovial Vertiports US, LLC

32) Field of Dreams

33) Florida Association of District School Superintendents

34) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

35) Florida Community Financial Services Association

36) Florida Cultural Alliance

37) Florida Independent Physician Practice 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) Florida Vacation Rental Management Association

44) Fox Corporation

45) Gartner, Inc.

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

47) GoBrands, Inc.

48) Haleon Consumer Healthcare

49) Health Foundation of South Florida

50) Hillpointe, LLC

51) Horsepower Electric

52) INSIGHTEC

53) K9s for Warriors

54) Land Sea Homes

55) League of Southeastern Credit Unions

56) Lennar Homes, LLC

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

58) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

59) Lost Tree Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

60) Melbourne Greyhound Park

61) Memorial Healthcare System

62) National Rental Home Council

63) Neal Land Development Group

64) New College Foundation, Inc.

65) O3 Worldwide, Inc.

66) OBS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

67) Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc.

68) Old Republic National Title Insurance Company

69) Oportun, Inc.

70) Palm Beach Atlantic University

71) Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

72) Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

73) Park Maitland School

74) Paypal

75) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

76) PrizePicks

77) Project LIFT

78) Promise Network Inc.

79) RAI Services Company

80) RELX Inc.

81) Renaissance Learning, Inc.

82) Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC

83) Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.

84) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

85) SAI Interactive

86) Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

87) School Board of Brevard County

88) Sellers Dorsey

89) Shoma Homes

90) SI Group Client Services

91) Sobe Sky Development, LLC

92) St. Petersburg College Foundation

93) St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.

94) Starkey Hearing Technologies

95) Sunshine State Tag Agency LLC

96) Take Stock in Children

97) Tampa Bay Rays

98) Tenderheart Health Outcomes

99) THE CENTER FOR ARTS & INNOVATION, INC.

100) The City of Miami

101) The City of Venice

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

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

104) The Everglades Trust

105) The GEO Group, Inc.

106) The North Highland Company

107) Town of Jupiter Island

108) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

109) University of Florida Student Government Association

110) University of Miami

111) Vaxxinity, Inc.

112) Veyer, LLC

113) Visa U.S.A. Inc.