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The Adams and Reese LLP Government Relations Team is a premier lobbying group in Alabama. Our team includes former members of the executive and legislative branches of government with over 80 years of combined experience working inside and outside of state and local government. We achieve success for our clients as a result of strong personal relationships that we maintain with government officials and leaders. Just as importantly, we know the processes and procedures of the executive and legislative branches inside and out.

We serve a diverse client base with interests ranging from healthcare, education, municipalities, non-profits, associations, manufacturing, defense, infrastructure, alcohol and hospitality.

15-20 years

Mark Gaines Named to Alabama Today's 32 Powerful and Influential Alabamians to Know

"Mark Gaines has been around for decades, bringing a wealth of knowledge, decades-long relationships, and a positive attitude to the political arena in Alabama."


Southern Political Report - The South's Top Government Affairs Firms

"The law firm of Adams and Reese placed #1 in the states of Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee and also ranked in the top five in Mississippi and South Carolina.

Adams and Reese has a long-standing reputation as one of the region's most prominent Government Relations firms now with 16 offices in 15 markets across the Southern United States and Washington, D.C."

Mark Gaines lobbies at the local, state and federal level - in Alabama and Washington, D.C. - advising corporate clients on regulatory, legislative and economic development matters. His clients include companies in the telecommunications, road and bridge construction, infrastructure, financial, pharmaceutical, health care, alcohol, and defense industries as well as municipal governments and educational institutions. Having spent 15 years in state government and more than a decade providing government relations services, Mark has developed long-term personal and professional relationships with important decision makers at every level of government. He is skilled at building political coalitions to achieve client objectives.

Prior to joining Adams and Reese, Mark served as Probate Judge for Jefferson County and was elected to four terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. During his time in the legislature, he served on various legislative committees and commissions and served as the Republican Leader of the House and Chair of the House Republican Caucus. Mark has managed, consulted or counseled dozens of political campaigns, grassroots efforts and ballot initiatives, including races for Governor, U.S. Senate, judicial offices, and state legislative seats.

Prior to joining the firm, Mark was in private law practice concentrating in the areas of real estate, probate, wills, trusts and business entities. He tried many jury and non-jury cases to verdict in courts throughout Alabama.

Professional Affiliations & Memberships:
Alabama House of Representatives, Member, 1990-2005
Jefferson County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, Vice Chair, 2004-2005
Jefferson County Coroner and Medical Examiner's Board, Member, 1998-2005
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Commissioner, 1994-2005
Probate Judge of Jefferson County, 2005-2007

KENDALL SCHELL

(Tennessee)

Subjects: All Subjects

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0-5 years

Prior to joining Vogel Group, Kendall worked extensively in political fundraising in Nashville, TN. She served as the Deputy Finance Director for several elected officials running at the state and federal level including, Governor Bill Haslam (R-TN), Governor Bill Lee (R-TN), U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-TN), U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty. She has also served in varying fundraising capacities on campaigns for Mayor Karl Dean, Mayor Megan Barry, Mayor David Briley, Mayor Jim Coppinger, as well as ROCKCITY PAC, TENNPAC, the Tennessee State Museum Foundation, Tennessee Trucking Association, the Haslam Legislative Fund, Governor Haslam Inaugural Committee and Governor Lee Inaugural Committee.

At Vogel Group, Kendall leads the office's legislative efforts by working extensively with our General Assembly. With the political environment in Tennessee, she understands the complex nuances of working across party lines while representing clients' interests.

A native of Gallatin, Tennessee, Kendall graduated from Auburn University with a B.A. in Public Relations. Alongside her work, Kendall enjoys working with two very important charities CASA Nashville and Mother to Mother. She currently lives in Nashville with her husband and two sons.

BRYAN KAEGI

(Tennessee)

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:LinkedIn

6-10 years

Bryan Kaegi previously served six years as Senior Vice President of Government Relations for Acadia Healthcare, a leading behavioral health company. In this role, Bryan was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company's government relations strategy across 40 states and at the federal level. He also led strategic engagement with political membership associations including the Republican Governors Association and the Republican State Legislative Committee.

Prior to joining Vogel Group, Bryan served as the Finance Director for numerous elected officials running at the state and federal level including, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), U.S. Congressman Chuck Fleishmann (R-TN), U.S. Congressman Phil Roe (R-TN). He also served in varying capacities on campaigns for Governor Bill Lee (R-TN), U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (R-TN), Governor Bill Haslam (R-TN), U.S. Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN).

11-15 years

With more than 20 years of experience building relationships between the public and private sector, Tommy Alsup leads state and local government relations efforts for Vogel Group in Tennessee.

Tommy previously served as Vice President of Government Affairs for Envision Healthcare, a $15 billion healthcare and national hospital-based physician group. At Envision, Tommy was responsible for sourcing and managing state-level lobbyists to ensure that the company's strategic goals were met with governors, state legislators, and local officials across the country. His efforts were critical in securing favorable public policy on surprise medical billing issues in Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee.

Tommy is an expert in managing national sales and procurement teams for companies seeking to grow revenue through state and local funding initiatives. He has overseen multiple requests for proposals (RFP) and large-scale procurement contracts for companies and industries alike. Connecting State and local governments with business is crucial in this current environment, and Tommy has accomplished those goals for more than two decades.

Tommy was a senior-level government relations executive at Corizon Health and CoreCivic, the nation's largest owner of correctional, detention, and residential reentry facilities in previous roles.

With a strong and bi-partisan background in Tennessee, Tommy served as Mayor of Oak Hill from 2002 to 2010, where he worked in partnership with Governor Phil Bredesen (D-TN) and Mayor Bill Purcell (D-Nashville). Tommy remains strongly engaged with the office of Governor Bill Lee (R-TN) and his administration.

Tommy received his B.A. in Business Administration from Lipscomb University.

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Clients:

CLARE HESTER

(Mississippi)
Clients:

1) Accelerate Learning, Inc.

2) American Medical Response

3) American Petroleum Institute

4) American Research and Policy Institute (ARPI)

5) Assured Guaranty Inc.

6) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP and its Affiliates

7) Asurion

8) Bayer U.S. LLC

9) Beau Rivage Resorts, Inc.

10) BetterLesson

11) Capitol Resources LLC

12) Catapult Learning

13) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

14) Cicero Action

15) Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC

16) Community Health Center Association of Mississippi, Inc.

17) Crooked Letter Picture Company

18) Data Recognition Corporation

19) Diamondhead Water & Sewer District

20) Drax Biomass Inc.

21) Equifax, Inc.

22) Ergon, Inc.

23) Ernst & Young LLP

24) Exxon Mobil Corporation

25) Fortinet, Inc.

26) Gainwell Holding Corp.

27) Gulf States Toyota, Inc.

28) Hazel Health

29) HB Strategies on behalf of Good Rx

30) Health Resources LLC

31) Horne LLP

32) IGT and Its Affiliates

33) Ingalls Shipbuilding

34) Intervest Corp.

35) 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

36) Kohler Co.

37) LS Power Midcontinent, LLC

38) Madison County Board of Supervisors

39) McLANE COMPANY, INC.

40) MedeAnalytics

41) Medical Transportation Management, Inc.

42) MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.

43) Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

44) MetaMetrics, Inc.

45) Milliman, Inc.

46) Mississippi Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

47) Mississippi Association of REALTORS

48) Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians

49) Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board

50) Mississippi Consumer Finance Association

51) Mississippi Counseling Association

52) Mississippi Economic Council

53) Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.

54) Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative

55) Mississippi Optometric Association

56) Mississippi Orthopaedic Society

57) Mississippi Physicians Care Network

58) Mississippi Public Broadcasting Foundation

59) Mississippi Section, American College of Obstertricians & Gynecologists

60) Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

61) MS Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs

62) NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

63) NOLA Education,LLC

64) Ochsner Health System

65) OneImaging

66) PATH Company LLC

67) Pine Gate Renewables LLC

68) PMI US Corporate Services Inc. and Affiliates

69) Reason Foundation

70) Regional Medical Center (Regional One Health)

71) Republic Services of MS / BFI Waste Services LLC

72) Samsara Inc.

73) Scholastic Inc

74) Secure Democracy USA And It's Affiliates

75) Sharecare

76) Singing River Health System

77) Southern Beverage Company, Inc.

78) Southern Renewable Energy Association

79) Spire Mississippi Inc.

80) State Shield Action

81) STChealth LLC

82) Stercus Bioanalytics, LLC

83) Teaching Strategies

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

85) The University of Southern Mississippi

86) Thrivist

87) Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

88) Turo Inc.

89) Uber Technologies, Inc.

90) Unite USA Inc. (dba Unite Us)

91) Universal Health Services, Inc.

92) Wonderschool

93) Workday

94) yes. every. kid

95) Youth Villages

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Clients:
Clients:
Clients:

1) 4KIDS of South Florida

2) 831 Federal Acquisition, LLC dba / The Big Easy Casino

3) Advocating for Seniors

4) Agudath Israel of South Florida

5) American Dream

6) ARC Hospice of Florida

7) Association of Dental Support Organizations

8) AssureCare

9) Best Friends Animal Society

10) Better Tomorrow Treatment Center

11) Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc.

12) Braman Management Association

13) Brightline Trains Florida, LLC

14) Broward County Property Appraiser

15) Broward County Sheriff's Office

16) Burford Capital LLC

17) BusPatrol

18) Carnival Corporation

19) Chabad of Kendall and Pinecrest

20) Charter Communications Operating, LLC

21) City of Brooksville

22) City of Deerfield Beach

23) City of Doral

24) City of Miami

25) City of Miami Beach

26) City of Miramar

27) Community Health of South Florida

28) D-Wave Quantum Inc.

29) Daher Aerospace

30) Doma Technology

31) Dosal Tobacco Corporation

32) E. & J. Gallo Winery

33) Early Care and Education Consortium

34) Echo1 Emergency Logistics

35) Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc

36) Feeding South Florida

37) FleetForce

38) Florida Association of Insurance Agents

39) Florida Association of Nurse Anesthetists DBA Florida Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

40) Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association

41) Florida Crystals Corporation

42) Florida East Coast Industries LLC

43) Florida Institute of Technology

44) Florida International University Foundation

45) Florida Keys Mosquito Control District

46) Florida Local Government Information Systems Association

47) Florida Panthers

48) Florida Power & Light Company

49) Floridians for Safe Medical Cannabis Care

50) Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority

51) FORTS Services

52) Gainesville Regional Utilities

53) Gainwell Technologies LLC

54) Giffords

55) Google LLC and its Affiliates

56) Greater Miami Jewish Federation

57) Handtevy

58) Hatzalah of South Florida

59) Hatzalah South Florida Emergency Medical Services

60) HCA Healthcare

61) Holistic Alternative Recovery Trust

62) Hospital for Special Surgery

63) Independent Living Systems, LLC.

64) Indian Trail Improvement District

65) Innovage

66) Joshco Group LLC dba Veteran Benefits Guide

67) Juul Labs, Inc.

68) Kaplan North America, LLC

69) Liner Source, Inc.

70) Lottomatrix Corporation d/b/a Jackpot.com

71) MAXIMUS

72) Miami Parking Authority

73) Miccosukee Tribe of Indians

74) Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center

75) Molina Healthcare

76) Nomi Health Inc

77) Nova Southeastern University

78) OnMed

79) Orchid Cove Health Group

80) Palmer Ranch Holdings, Ltd.

81) Patriot Voices

82) Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P

83) Power Design

84) PrizePicks

85) PTG-Florida, Inc

86) Rebirth South LLC

87) Richman Group of Florida, Inc., The

88) Ryan Specialty, LLC

89) School District of Osceola County

90) SimpliGov, LLC

91) Skydio

92) South Florida Regional Transportation Authority

93) Southwest Airlines

94) Starkey Hearing Technologies

95) State Shield

96) State Shield Action

97) Stride, Inc.

98) Student Loan Servicing Alliance

99) Tampa Bay Downs HBPA, Inc.

100) Tampa JCC-Federation, Inc

101) The Chick Mission

102) The Foundation for Florida Gateway College

103) The GEO Group, Inc.

104) The Panama City-Bay County Airport And Industrial District

105) The Seaside School Foundation, Inc.

106) Thoroughbred Racing Initiative, LLC

107) Trend Micro

108) University of Miami

109) University of South Florida Foundation

110) Vheda, Inc

111) Village of Key Biscayne

112) Wing Aviation LLC

113) Women In Distress of Broward County, Inc

114) Youth and Family Alternatives, Inc. ("YFA")

RAYMON WHITE

(Tennessee)