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The competitive nature of government and public advocacy requires a team with the experience, insight and knowledge to provide results. The Floridian Partners team is composed of individuals from different backgrounds and practice areas, resulting in a dynamic group of advocacy professionals. As a firm, we strive to exceed our clients' expectations with the understanding that our success is based solely upon the success of our clients. We not only represent our clients before the public sector; we also assist our clients in developing business-to-business opportunities.

Our first step in pursuing any client goal is to develop a strategic plan. In the world of advocacy, success is the result of sound strategy, access to decision makers, effective communication and strong execution. In creating and executing a strategy for each of our clients, we bring to bear decades of strategic advocacy experience on major client initiatives in projects spanning from the entitlement of Jungle Island in Miami-Dade County - to the largest privatization of services in the history of the State of Florida - to playing a major role in developing telecommunications and insurance law each year in the State Capitol. In addition to the know-how developed over this time, we also bring to bear the collective scope and depth of relationships developed along the way.

As a result, Floridian Partners operates at all levels of government and is never more than two degrees away from accessing a key decision maker on any given client matter, whether that client needs to impact proposed state legislation, a local or state agency regulation, local government ordinance, the state budget, or a local or State RFP opportunity.

Firm Specialties:
With offices in Tallahassee and Miami, our core services include government affairs, issues management & communications, and business consulting & development. We service clients across all major industries, have influence at all levels of Florida government, and can manage national issues through our multi- state advocacy network.

JORGE CHAMIZO, an attorney and governmental consultant, represents a variety of clients before the Florida Legislature, Executive Office of the Governor, Agency for Healthcare Administration, Florida Department of Health, Florida Public Service Commission, and other state regulatory agencies on matters related to healthcare, energy, telecommunications, professional licensure, public procurement and business regulation.

Before joining the Firm, Jorge served as Chief Advisor to the Chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission, the state agency which regulates Florida's utilities. In that capacity, Jorge gave counsel to the Chairman on legal and policy matters related to telecommunications, energy, water, and wastewater issues coming before the Commission, assisted the Chairman in setting and implementing overall agency policy and direction, served as central contact to industry representatives, and was the Chairman's liaison to the Florida Legislature as well as state and local government agencies. Apart from his legal and governmental experience, Jorge brings to Floridian Partners over a decade of business experience in the insurance industry in the area of marketing, sales and management.

Jorge is an honors graduate from The Florida State University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000) and received his undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Miami (BBA, 1996). Jorge was honored as a top South Florida lobbyist and the recipient of the Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project award. The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers presented him with the 2014 Presidents Award.

Diana Carlen is a Vice President at Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs (GTH-GA), the state's largest comprehensive governmental affairs firm. GTH-GA is information-driven and non-partisan. Diana represents a broad group of clients before the state legislature, state agencies, and the executive branch.

6-10 years

Diana Carlen leads the firm's business and utility practice and has over 20 years of legal and legislative experience. Prior to joining Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, Diana served as Leadership Counsel to the Senate Republican Caucus. In that role, she also served as the caucus attorney for the following policy issues: energy, natural resources, agriculture, land use, telecommunications and water issues. Prior to working for the Senate, Diana practiced law for several years focusing on land use and environmental issues and also served as a Law Clerk to Chief Justice Gerry Alexander of the Washington State Supreme Court. Diana represents several of the firm's business clients, public utilities, and port clients.

Josh has over two decades of experience in government relations representing both public and private entities in the legislative and executive branches of Washington State government. Josh is a Vice President at Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs (GTH-GA), the state's largest comprehensive governmental affairs firm. GTH-GA is information-driven and non-partisan.

20+ years

Nonpartisan staff for House members during development and passage of Washington's Forests & Fish law.

Josh has relationships with key legislators, statewide elected officials, agency staff and locally elected officials across the state.

Prior to joining the GTH-GA team, Josh spent nearly 10 years advocating for counties, serving as the Legislative Relations and Policy Director and General Counsel for the Washington State Association of Counties. Josh started working in Olympia in 1998 as nonpartisan counsel to the House of Representatives and served as Legislative Director for the Department of Fish and Wildlife. As Environmental Policy Director for the Washington Forest Protection Association he represented private forest landowners in the state's environmental regulatory system. He also assisted in Governor Locke's water reform efforts. Josh is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, graduate of Central Washington University and the Vermont Law School, and is a fourth generation Washingtonian. He lives in Olympia with his wife Karen.

Tim Schellberg is the Founder and President of Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, an internationally known governmental affairs and government business market development firm. In addition to serving as the firm's managing partner, Tim maintains an active governmental affairs and market development practice, and provides strategic direction to the firm's four primary divisions: International, Multi-State, Federal, and Washington State. Under Tim's leadership, the firm has had impressive growth and success.

Tim is recognized nationally and internationally for his work to create and grow new markets by collaborating with business and government to implement dynamic public policy and technology based solutions. Tim has used over 25 years of professional experience, worldwide contacts and knowledge of global government institutions to actively lead legislative based projects in over 30 countries and within the United States.

ERIC BREWER

(Tennessee)
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ERIC BREWER

(Tennessee)
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EDWARD COOPER

(Minnesota)

EDWARD COOPER

(Minnesota)
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43) MLH Explorations, LLC

44) National Association of Chain Drug Stores

45) Nokia of America Corporation

46) NORTHEAST RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CORP

47) NTT DATA Americas, Inc.

48) Nueva Esperanza, Inc.

49) Opus Inspection

50) OVERBROOK SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

51) PA ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES

52) PA Coalition of Public Charter Schools

53) Penn America Energy Holdings, LLC

54) PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

55) Pennsylvania Child Care Association

56) Pennsylvania Forward

57) Pennsylvania MENTOR

58) Pennsylvania MENTOR and The MENTOR Network

59) PENNSYLVANIA OCCUPATIONALTHERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC.

60) PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

61) Pomeroy Technologies, LLC

62) Recovery Centers of America

63) Restore Integrated Wellness Center

64) Retail Services & Systems, Inc. dba Total Wine & More

65) Sharing Excess

66) Sports Betting Alliance

67) Stadium Casino RE, LLC

68) The Davey Resource Group, Inc

69) The PAI Corporation dba Excentia and S. June Smith Center

70) THE PENNSYLVANIA CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR DEAF & BLIND CHILDREN

71) THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

72) UniqueSource Products & Services

73) UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

74) Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board

75) VisionLink

76) Vistra Corporate Services Company

77) Walgreen Co.

78) WEATHERIZATION PROVIDES TASK FORCE

79) WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR BLIND CHILDREN

80) WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

81) Westmoreland County Transit Authority

82) Wholesale and Specialty Insurance Assocation

83) Youth Advocate Programs, Inc

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44) MLH Explorations, LLC

45) National Association of Chain Drug Stores

46) Nokia of America Corporation

47) NORTHEAST RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CORP

48) NTT DATA Americas, Inc.

49) Nueva Esperanza, Inc.

50) Opus Inspection

51) OVERBROOK SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

52) PA ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES

53) PA Coalition of Public Charter Schools

54) Penn America Energy Holdings, LLC

55) PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

56) Pennsylvania Child Care Association

57) Pennsylvania Forward

58) Pennsylvania MENTOR

59) Pennsylvania MENTOR and The MENTOR Network

60) PENNSYLVANIA OCCUPATIONALTHERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC.

61) PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

62) Pomeroy Technologies, LLC

63) Recovery Centers of America

64) Restore Integrated Wellness Center

65) Retail Services & Systems, Inc. dba Total Wine & More

66) Sharing Excess

67) Sports Betting Alliance

68) Stadium Casino RE, LLC

69) The Davey Resource Group, Inc.

70) The PAI Corporation dba Excentia and S. June Smith Center

71) THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

72) The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

73) UniqueSource Products & Services

74) UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

75) Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board

76) VisionLink

77) Vistra Corporate Services Company

78) Walgreen Co.

79) WEATHERIZATION PROVIDES TASK FORCE

80) WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR BLIND CHILDREN

81) WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

82) Westmoreland County Transit Authority

83) Wholesale and Specialty Insurance Assocation

84) XEROX CORPORATION

85) Youth Advocate Programs, Inc

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43) Millcreek Health System, Inc. dba LECOM Health

44) MLH Explorations, LLC

45) National Association of Chain Drug Stores

46) Nokia of America Corporation

47) NORTHEAST RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CORP

48) NTT DATA Americas, Inc.

49) Nueva Esperanza, Inc.

50) Opus Inspection

51) OVERBROOK SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

52) PA ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES

53) PA Coalition of Public Charter Schools

54) Penn America Energy Holdings, LLC

55) PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

56) Pennsylvania Child Care Association

57) Pennsylvania Forward

58) Pennsylvania MENTOR

59) Pennsylvania MENTOR and The MENTOR Network

60) PENNSYLVANIA OCCUPATIONALTHERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC.

61) PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

62) Pomeroy Technologies, LLC

63) Recovery Centers of America

64) Restore Integrated Wellness Center

65) Retail Services & Systems, Inc. dba Total Wine & More

66) Sharing Excess

67) Sports Betting Alliance

68) Stadium Casino RE, LLC

69) The Davey Resource Group, LLC

70) The PAI Corporation dba Excentia and S. June Smith Center

71) The Pennsylvania Charter Schools for Deaf & Blind Children

72) THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

73) UniqueSource Products & Services

74) UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

75) Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board

76) VisionLink

77) Vistra Corporate Services Company

78) Walgreen Co.

79) WEATHERIZATION PROVIDES TASK FORCE

80) WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR BLIND CHILDREN

81) WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

82) Westmoreland County Transit Authority

83) Wholesale and Specialty Insurance Assocation

84) Youth Advocate Programs, Inc

Clients:

47) Millcreek Health System, Inc. dba LECOM Health

48) MLH Explorations, LLC

49) National Association of Chain Drug Stores

50) Nokia of America Corporation

51) NORTHEAST RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CORP

52) NTT DATA Americas, Inc.

53) Nueva Esperanza, Inc.

54) Opus Inspection

55) OVERBROOK SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

56) PA ASSOCIATION OF CHAIN DRUG STORES

57) PA Burglar & Fire Alarm Association

58) PA Coalition of Public Charter Schools

59) PA School for the Deaf

60) Penn America Energy Holdings, LLC

61) Pennsylvania Child Care Association

62) Pennsylvania Forward

63) Pennsylvania MENTOR

64) Pennsylvania MENTOR and The MENTOR Network

65) PENNSYLVANIA OCCUPATIONALTHERAPY ASSOCIATION, INC.

66) PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

67) Pomeroy Technologies, LLC

68) Recovery Centers of America

69) Restore Integrated Wellness Center

70) Sharing Excess

71) Sports Betting Alliance

72) Stadium Casino RE, LLC

73) The Davey Resource Group, Inc

74) The Innocence Project

75) The PAI Corporation dba Excentia and S. June Smith Center

76) The Pennsylvania Charter Schools for Deaf and Blind Children

77) THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

78) TOTAL WINE & MORE

79) UniqueSource Products & Services

80) UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

81) Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board

82) VisionLink

83) Vistra Corporate Services Company

84) Walgreen Co.

85) WEATHERIZATION PROVIDES TASK FORCE

86) WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR BLIND CHILDREN

87) WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

88) Westmoreland County Transit Authority

89) Wholesale and Specialty Insurance Assocation

90) XEROX CORPORATION

91) Youth Advocate Programs, Inc

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