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H. BENSON DENDY

(Virginia)

The Vectre Corporation was established in 1989 as a subsidiary of the Virginia law firm of Hazel & Thomas, P.C., with offices in Northern Virginia and Richmond, to provide necessary, highly-specialized non-legal services in the area of government relations. Hazel & Thomas merged with ReedSmith LLP in 1999. The firm has grown to the point that today it is widely acknowledged for its expertise and communication abilities by federal, state and local government officials as one of its leading government relations resources.

In 1992, The Vectre Corporation expanded its range of services when it became the Virginia member of The Advocacy Group (TAG), an international network of law and government relations firms providing advocacy services at State Capitols throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe. In 1995, The Vectre Corporation became an independent firm, owned by members of its Board of Directors.

Today, The Vectre Corporation is headquartered at 707 East Main Street, an easy walk from the Virginia's Capitol Square. The firm includes six full-time professional government affairs advocates with more than eight decades of cumulative experience. The Vectre Corporation has expanded by opening an office in Northern Virginia.

Firm Specialties:
Vectre's areas of special expertise involve both traditional lobbying as well as grassroots and grass-tops lobbying. Vectre brings to any project strong experience in winning legislative battles on behalf of diverse corporate interests.

H. BENSON DENDY III serves as President of The Vectre Corporation and a member of its Board of Directors. As a senior staff member for two Virginia Governors, he has held positions as diverse as Secretary of the Commonwealth, Secretary to the Governor's Cabinet, and Special Assistant to the Governor. He began his career in state government in 1978, as a legislative assistant to the Lieutenant Governor. Over the course of seven legislative sessions, he advocated for two Governors' agendas in the General Assembly. He served on transition committees for Virginia Governors Mark Warner and Terry McAuliffe.

In 2016, Dendy was appointed to the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University, where he currently serves as Vice Rector. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Containerization & Intermodal Institute. In 2002, he was appointed by Governor Mark Warner to the Council on the Southern Community of the Southern Growth Policies Board.

Dendy has been appointed and reappointed to the Board of Trustees of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a state agency, by six Virginia Governors of both parties. He served as Chairman for nine years and is currently Chairman Emeritus. In 2003, he was appointed by the United States Secretary of the Interior to the Federal Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission and served as the Federal Commission's Vice Chairman. From 2013 – 2020, Dendy served on the Executive Committee of the American Evolution 2019 Commemoration which highlighted the 400th anniversary of key historical events that occurred in Virginia in 1619 that continue to influence our world today. These events were the anniversary of the first representative assembly in the New World, the arrival of the first recorded African slaves to English North America, the arrival of the first English women in significant numbers and the first official English Thanksgiving.

He served on the Board of Trustees of the Valentine Richmond History Center for 14 years and is a former director of the Virginia YMCA and the Maymont Foundation. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the American Council of Young Political Leaders, a core grantee of the United States Department of State that conducts international exchange programs for young governmental leaders. He is a member of the Honorary Council to the St. George's Foundation in Bermuda. Dendy also has extensive experience in helping international corporations develop business in this country.

Dendy graduated from the University of Richmond, magna cum laude, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. A member of Second Presbyterian Church, Dendy serves as an elder. He and his late wife, Stacey, had three children. The family enjoys skiing at Wintergreen and spending time in the summer at Virginia Beach.

He has served as Chairman of The Advocacy Group, the premier municipal, state, federal and international government and public affairs organization in the world and currently serves on its board of directors. Dendy was one of the first 24 government relations professionals nationwide to complete the State Government Affairs Council Professional Certification Program in 2012 and currently has completed the Council's silver level program for advanced certification.

BRIAN BALLARD

(Florida)
Clients:

1) 19 Enterprises, LLC

2) Access Restoration Services US, Inc.

3) Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

4) Advanced Rx Pharmacy, LLC

5) AIDS Healthcare Foundation

6) Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

7) Alliance for Commercial Real Estate

8) Amazon.com, Inc.

9) American Coastal Insurance Company

10) American Veterinary Medical Association

11) Angel Armor

12) AquaFence Inc.

13) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP

14) AT&T Services, Inc.

15) Atlas Air, Inc.

16) Atlas Data Privacy Corporation

17) Atlys Global, LLC

18) Axon Enterprise, Inc.

19) Babcock Property Holdings, LLC

20) Barry University

21) Basketball Properties, LTD

22) Bayer U.S. LLC

23) Big Bend Homeless Coalition

24) BioStem Technologies

25) Block, Inc.

26) Blue Origin Florida, LLC

27) Botanicals for Better Health and Wellness

28) Brent L. Mills, Incorporated

29) Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation

30) Broward County

31) Broward County Sheriff's Office

32) BusPatrol America LLC

33) Camillus House, Inc

34) Caplin Family Offices, LLC

35) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

36) Churchill Downs, Inc

37) Citrus Health Network, Inc

38) City of Aventura

39) City of Boynton Beach

40) City of Bradenton

41) City of Cape Coral, Florida

42) City of DeBary

43) City of Delray Beach

44) City of Hallandale Beach

45) City of Largo

46) City of Marathon

47) City of Miami

48) City of Palm Beach Gardens

49) City of Pembroke Pines

50) City of Pensacola, Florida

51) City of Punta Gorda

52) City of Sarasota, Florida

53) City of Treasure Island

54) Clear Ballot Group

55) Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Palm Beach County

56) Clyde Johnson Contracting & Roofing, Inc.

57) Coastal Waste & Recycling Inc.

58) Coinbase, Inc.

59) Communications International, Inc.

60) Core and Main LP

61) CORE Construction

62) Council of Florida Medical School Deans

63) Cox Communications

64) Cox Science Center and Aquarium

65) Cruise Lines International Association

66) Crypto Council for Innovation

67) DACRA

68) DBL Ventures

69) de Moya Highway Infrastructure LLC

70) DEEP Research Incorporated

71) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc

72) Destinations Florida

73) Dhillon Law Group

74) DMF Employment Opportunities, Inc.

75) Doodie Calls LLC

76) DoorDash, Inc.

77) Downtown Vision, Inc.

78) DRC Emergency Services, LLC

79) DSW Homes, LLC

80) Earth Funeral LLC

81) East Coast Packers, LLC

82) Eisai, Inc

83) Embassy of Japan

84) Enespa Technologies US LLC

85) Epilepsy Florida

86) Equifax Inc.

87) FarmaceuticalRX LLC

88) Feeding Florida, Inc.

89) Figgers Communication, Inc.

90) Fire Neural Network

91) First American Title Insurance Company

92) Fisher Island Club, Inc.

93) Florida A & M University Foundation

94) Florida Alliance for Seniors

95) Florida Association of Cosmetology & Technical Schools (FACTS)

96) Florida Entertainment & Arts Venues Association, Inc.

97) Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc.

98) Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, Inc

99) Florida Podiatric Medical Association

100) Florida Power & Light Company

101) Florida Rural Water Association

102) Florida Sheriffs Risk Management Fund

103) Florida Society of Ophthalmology

104) Florida Society of Pathologists

105) Florida Tomato Exchange

106) Florida Transportation Builders Association, Inc

107) Florida Veterinary Medical Association

108) FOP Foundation

109) Foster Care Review, Inc

110) Foundation for Seminole State College of Florida, Inc

111) Fresenius Medical Care North America

112) Friends of the Underline, Inc.

113) GAF Materials, LLC

114) Gates Housing Group, LLC

115) GlaxoSmithKline

116) Habilitation Center for the Handicapped, Inc.

117) Halt Fire

118) Health Care District of Palm Beach County

119) Henderson Behavioral Health

120) HistoryMiami Museum

121) HNTB Corporation

122) Hope Healthcare

123) Housing Trust Group, LLC

124) HPM Lot 5, LLC

125) HPM Resi II, LLC

126) Ibis Healthcare, Inc.

127) Indelible Management Solutions, Inc.

128) Infrastructure Rehabilitation USA, Inc.

129) Intellectually Developmentally Disabled Community Foundation

130) International Atlantic, LLC

131) Investment Corporation of Palm Beach

132) Jacksonville Port Authority

133) Jacksonville Transportation Authority

134) Juvare, LLC and its affiliates

135) Keystone Properties, L.L.C.

136) Kinder Morgan, Inc.

137) Kitson Evergreen LLC d/b/a Kitson & Partners

138) Kleo, Inc. d/b/a ClassWallet

139) KPMG LLP

140) L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

141) Lee Health System, Inc

142) Leonard Mace and Krystle A. Mace

143) Liberty Dental Plan

144) Lifepoint Health

145) LifeScience Logistics

146) Lighthouse Central Florida

147) Lions World Vision Institute, Inc.

148) Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

149) M&M Realty Partners LLC

150) Magic City Properties I, LLC

151) Major League Baseball

152) Marine Towing of Tampa, LLC

153) Marion County Board of County Commissioners

154) Martin County Board of County Commissioners

155) Max Planck Florida Foundation, Inc

156) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc

157) MCI, LC

158) Meta Platforms, Inc.

159) Miami Dade College Foundation

160) Miami Design District Associates, LLC

161) Miami Learning Experience School

162) Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc

163) Monsanto Company dba Ruveon LLC

164) Morningstar Nursery, Inc.

165) Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

166) Mount Sinai Medical Center

167) NAIOP Tampa Bay

168) National Rental Home Council

169) National Stormwater Trust, Inc.

170) Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc.

171) Natural Health Partners, LLC

172) New York Yankees

173) Nomi Health Inc

174) North Broward Hospital District (d/b/a Broward Health)

175) Northport Health Services of Florida, L.L.C.

176) Nova Southeastern University

177) NTT Data, Inc.

178) Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

179) Online Lenders Alliance

180) Orange Barrel Media

181) Palm Beach Aggregates, LLC

182) Panza, Maurer & Maynard, P.A.

183) Parsons Transportation Group Inc.

184) Pensacola State College Foundation, Inc.

185) Philips North America, LLC

186) PointClickCare Technologies USA Corp

187) Praesentia Healthcare LLC

188) Public Health Trust

189) Quarterhill

190) RAI Services Company

191) Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola, Inc.

192) ReaSyn Technologies, Inc.

193) Renew Financial Group LLC

194) Revenue Based Finance Coalition

195) Reyes Holdings, L.L.C.

196) RightSite Health

197) Robinhood

198) RTI International

199) RUDG, LLC

200) Safe Harbor Hospice LLC

201) SaferWatch

202) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

203) Sanford Airport Authority

204) SAS Institute, Inc

205) Security Scorecard

206) Selah Freedom

207) Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC

208) Sentara Health Plans, Inc.

209) SePro Corporation

210) Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.

211) Shopping Center Management d/b/a Turnberry Associates

212) Sig Sauer, Inc.

213) Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc.

214) Skyward, Inc.

215) Socure, Inc.

216) Solar Sportsystems, Inc

217) South Central Florida Express, Inc

218) South Florida Police Benevolent Association

219) Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, LLC.

220) Southern Technical College Suncoast, LLC

221) Spark Learning, Inc.

222) SPIDR Tech, Inc.

223) Spray Foam Coalition Association

224) St. Johns County

225) State Armor

226) Strategic Digital Services

227) Stride, Inc.

228) Strydent Autonomous Technologies, Inc.

229) Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.

230) Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

231) Sunfest Herbs LLC

232) Sunrise Sunset Apts, LLC

233) SWARM Inc.

234) Talk of the Town, Inc.

235) Tampa General Hospital

236) The Pattah, LLC

237) The Private Suite

238) The School Board of Lee County

239) Titan America LLC

240) Town of Jupiter

241) Town of Lantana

242) Town of Palm Beach

243) Tremco Incorporated

244) Trulieve, Inc.

245) Unite USA, Inc.

246) United States Sugar Corporation

247) University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc.

248) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

249) University of Miami

250) Vanguard Parking Solutions, Inc.

251) Versaterm Public Safety

252) Vilin Bio Med Limited

253) Village of North Palm Beach

254) Vista Higher Learning, LLC

255) Voices for Children Foundation, Inc

256) VyStar Credit Union

257) Walgreen Company

258) Walk Off Charities

259) WeatherSTEM

260) Wheeler Emergency Management Consulting, LLC

261) Wildlandscapes International

262) Windstorm Mitigation, Inc

263) Windstorm, Inc.

264) Worldwide Interactive Network, Inc. d/b/a WIN Learning

265) Xerox Corporation and its affiliates

266) YMCA of the Palm Beaches

267) Zoox, Inc.

268) Zscaler, Inc.