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Advises a diverse set of clients on state legislative and regulatory issues with a focus on healthcare, energy, education and economic development policy

Has more than 10 years of experience working at the state capitol

Formerly served as vice president of government affairs at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Serves on the Executive Committee of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Council (GAC)

Sally Kilpatrick advises a diverse set of clients on state legislative and regulatory issues with a focus on healthcare, energy, education and economic development policy. Sally joined Cornerstone's Atlanta, Georgia office in September 2015 and has more than 10 years of experience providing strategic advice to the private sector.

Prior to joining Cornerstone, Sally served as vice president of government affairs at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the state's largest business advocacy organization. Through her seven-year tenure at the Chamber, Sally developed an extensive background managing legislative and regulatory issues in the policy areas of water, energy, education, economic development and health care. While at the Chamber, Sally served on the Technology Association of Georgia's Government Affairs Taskforce and the Georgia Water Alliance. She managed the Georgia Chamber's Local Chamber Legislative Ad Hoc Committee and legislative affairs for Chamber's Small Business Advisory Council.

She has established strong, bipartisan working relationships with House and Senate members of the Georgia General Assembly and state agency officials. Her industry specific knowledge and key relationships have been valuable in assisting clients to successfully achieve their legislative and regulatory objectives at the state Capitol.

Sally is a current board member of Atlanta Moms Making A Difference and serves on the executive committee of the Georgia Chamber's Government Affairs Council.

Sally earned her B.S. in Journalism at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. She and her husband Trey reside in Atlanta with their daughter, Phen, and son, Clark.

State and Local Lobbying:

Influencing the decisions of government officials for our clients is key to the work that we do. Whether we're standing beside our client, or advocating on their behalf, we remain focused on policies, legislation, or regulations that are integral to each organization's interest.

Because of the experience of our team, we approach each issue and challenge separately. We're empathetic, sensing where there is great need. We value the work that our clients do and understand our own roles in this process. We always strive to learn and know more about the issues that are important to our clients, recognize the challenges that they face, try to find common ground, manage expectations, are creative in our problem-solving, and put all of our skills and talents to work for our clients, working smarter to great success.

Having insight into operations at a local level is just as important when clients interact with their local or county government daily. In some cases, those interactions may be even more impactful to organizations who work with C & G Strategies.

Each of our team members boasts decades of experience in government and uses that background to great effect for clients. No matter the issue or interest, C & G can provide clients with information, a deep understanding of the process they're navigating, observations relevant to their work, and solutions that may be unconventional. At the heart of all of that work is the client goals.

20+ years

Led the passage of legislation to provide for Ready to Go Drinks in grocery stores, convenience stores and restaurant licensees.

Secured funding for the 15 Community Colleges including passage of the State Board of Higher Education.

Led the passage of legislation to provide for the addition of the federal judiciary in the Pennsylvania Protective Class Law.

Worked to advance client's legislative goals in the reauthorization of the Commonwealth's One Call System.

C&G Strategies has focused its practice on working both sides of the aisle. We have relationships in all four Caucus Leadership Teams

Co-Founder/Chief Financial Officer

With over two decades of executive experience, Rob's career has placed him at the highest level of local and state government. As a public affairs professional, he has shaped public policy and legislation for clients in non-profit organizations, for-profit companies, trade associations, unions, and more. Rob provides individualized services that support clients' specific needs and has successfully represented clients in a variety of sectors. Whether navigating state or local government, facilitating introductions with decision makers, working with stakeholders, or developing and executing strategies, he is focused on allowing each individual client to meet their goals.

Senior Vice President of Government Relations

In his 25 years as a lobbyist, Nello has developed significant experience in the legislative process. As a government affairs professional, his greatest accomplishments have included passing the Medical Cannabis law in Pennsylvania, working on funding for a new arena, passing City of Pittsburgh fiscal bailout, and ensuring provisions in the gaming law for a constant stream of funding for the Pittsburgh International Airport.

Nello focuses on working collaboratively with his clients and keeping them informed throughout the process. He prides himself on being honest with clients and ensuring that their expectations are realistic. He has successfully represented clients in the non-profit, government, development industry, and issue advocacy sectors.

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  • 1100 Peachtree StreetSuite 500ATLANTAGA30309

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Served as the deputy chief of staff and senior advisor for U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA)

Advised the Senator on key policy decisions and evaluates the political implications of legislative proposals

Lawrence Bell joined Cornerstone in February 2023 from Sen. Warnock's (D-GA) office where he served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor. Lawrence joined the Senator's office after serving as an Advisor and Chief of Staff for the Warnock for Georgia Senatorial campaign in the 2020 special election. His leadership role on that campaign led to a historic victory electing the state's first Black United States senator.

Prior to joining the Warnock campaign, Lawrence worked in the Atlanta office of a large law and lobbying firm. There, he represented some of the country's largest corporations, working with state and local elected officials to help shape public policy and regulations across a variety of industries. His role at the firm also included community engagement, helping the organization develop and implement its philanthropic strategy to maximize the firm's impact in the community.

Lawrence has volunteered with numerous organizations including Big Brother Big Sister, Yes Atlanta and Urban League of Greater Atlanta-Young Professionals, among others. He has served on the advisory board for the Young Adult Guidance Center, and the Atlanta Chapter of National Black MBA. He also served on the board for Groundwork Atlanta, a non-profit focused on environmental sustainability and was a Trustee at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he is still a member. Lawrence was recognized in Southern Journal Magazine as one of their 14 under 40. He received his master's from Georgia State University and his bachelor's from Clark Atlanta University.

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Assists the firm's Georgia government relations team with client service activities including conducting research and providing updates on state legislative matters and diverse regulatory issues

Previously served as a government relations specialist at Wellstar Health System

Former scheduler and field representative for Rep. Tom Price (R-GA)

Charlene Puchalla serves as an Assistant Vice President in Cornerstone's Atlanta, GA office, assisting the firm's government relations team with client service activities including conducting research and providing updates on state legislative matters and diverse regulatory issues.

Charlene joins Cornerstone following her time at Wellstar Health System, where she held multiple positions, most recently serving as a Government Relations Specialist. In this role, she developed and managed relationships with elected officials and key staff in Georgia at the local, state and federal levels, while assisting in developing and recommending legislative priorities and goals. Charlene gained invaluable experience summarizing and interpreting the impact of legislation and preparing legislative summaries, regular communications and presentations. She also served as a Legal Assistant of Government Relations at Wellstar.

Prior to Wellstar, Charlene served as a scheduler and field representative for Representative Tom Price (R-GA) for more than seven years. She began her career as a legislative and research aid in the Pennsylvania State Senate.

Charlene earned her bachelor's with a concentration in public administration from Shippensburg University.

Senior Policy Director

Involved in state government for over 20 years, Andrew brings a vast skill set to the table including government relations strategy development, research and analysis, lobbying, legislative drafting, beverage alcohol policy, economic modeling, transportation policy, gaming policy, and higher education policy.

Prior to joining Dentons Cohen & Grigsby and its successor firm C & G Strategies, Andrew served as research director for a political campaign, a legislative liaison for a state row office, executive deputy director of policy and planning within the state executive branch, executive director of the State Tax Equalization Board (STEB), and the founder and principal of Four Lights Research Solutions.

15 years of government affairs experience in Georgia and Washington, D.C. Effective leader on transportation, health care and tax policy. Key advisor to numerous legislative and executive leaders in Georgia and D.C.

Jeff Hamling joined Cornerstone in 2017, bringing a wealth of experience and relationships in Atlanta, Georgia. Jeff came to the firm after two years as a lobbyist in Dentons' Atlanta and Washington offices where he represented a number of corporate, governmental, and non-profit clients.

Prior to Dentons, Jeff worked at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce as vice president for state and federal affairs. Jeff joined the Chamber after serving then-Congressman Tom Price for over five years. Starting as a staff assistant, Jeff was quickly promoted to deputy chief of staff, overseeing the Atlanta office and various aspects of the federal legislative staff.

Jeff has also been recognized by prestigious organizations for professional accomplishments: profiled in Capitol Impact Magazine's People on the Move, "Rookie of the Year" award voted on by his peers in the Georgia lobbying community, and James Magazine's Georgia's Political Influencers in Washington, D.C.

BRIAN BALLARD

(Florida)
Clients:

1) 1250 West Ave Owner, LLC

2) 19 Enterprises, LLC

3) 8038 and 165 Owner LLC

4) Access Restoration Services US, Inc.

5) Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

6) Advanced Rx Pharmacy, LLC

7) AIDS Healthcare Foundation

8) Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

9) Alfred Benesch and Company

10) Alliance for Commercial Real Estate

11) Amazon.com, Inc.

12) American Coastal Insurance Company

13) American Veterinary Medical Association

14) Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC

15) Angel Armor

16) Arion Holdings, L.L.C.

17) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP

18) Atlas Air, Inc.

19) Atlas Data Privacy Corporation

20) Atlys Global, LLC

21) Autism Navigator, LLC

22) Automated Healthcare Solutions

23) Avecina Medical

24) Axon Enterprise, Inc.

25) Babcock Property Holdings, LLC

26) Barry University

27) Basketball Properties, LTD

28) Bayer U.S. LLC

29) BCC Engineering, LLC

30) Becker Boards

31) BHT Properties Group, LLC

32) Big Bend Homeless Coalition

33) BioSpine Institute

34) BioStem Technologies

35) Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper

36) Block, Inc.

37) Blue Origin Florida, LLC

38) Blue Waters Development Group, LLC

39) BMG Money, Inc

40) Botanicals for Better Health and Wellness

41) Bravotampa, LLC

42) Brent L. Mills, Incorporated

43) Broward County

44) Broward County Sheriff's Office

45) Camillus House, Inc

46) Caplin Family Offices, LLC

47) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries

48) Churchill Downs, Inc

49) Citrus Health Network, Inc

50) City of Boynton Beach

51) City of Bradenton

52) City of Cape Coral, Florida

53) City of DeBary

54) City of Delray Beach

55) City of Hallandale Beach

56) City of Largo

57) City of Marathon

58) City of Miami

59) City of North Miami Beach

60) City of Palm Beach Gardens

61) City of Pembroke Pines

62) City of Pensacola, Florida

63) City of Sarasota, Florida

64) Clear Ballot Group

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

66) Clyde Johnson Contracting & Roofing, Inc.

67) Colonial Management Group, LP

68) Communications International, Inc.

69) Core and Main LP

70) CORE Construction

71) Council of Florida Medical School Deans

72) COVE Behavioral Health

73) Cox Science Center and Aquarium

74) Cruise Lines International Association

75) DACRA

76) DBL Ventures

77) de Moya Highway Infrastructure LLC

78) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc

79) Destinations Florida

80) Dezer Plaza LLC

81) Dezer Properties LLC

82) DISH Network LLC

83) DMF Employment Opportunities, Inc.

84) Doodie Calls LLC

85) Doodie Calls, Inc.

86) DoorDash, Inc.

87) Downtown Vision, Inc.

88) DSS, Inc.

89) Earth Funeral LLC

90) East Coast Packers, LLC

91) Eisai, Inc

92) Electronic Transaction Consultants, LLC

93) Embassy of Japan

94) Epilepsy Florida

95) ExThera Medical Corporation

96) FarmaceuticalRX LLC

97) Feeding Florida, Inc.

98) Feeding Northeast Florida, Inc.

99) Fernandina Wins, Inc., d/b/a No Ethanol Fernandina

100) Figgers Communication, Inc.

101) Fire Neural Network

102) Florida A & M University Foundation

103) Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts, Inc.

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

105) Florida Chiropractic Association, Inc

106) Florida Entertainment & Arts Venues Association, Inc.

107) Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, Inc

108) Florida Podiatric Medical Association

109) Florida Power & Light Company

110) Florida Rural Water Association

111) Florida Sheriffs Risk Management Fund

112) Florida Society of Ophthalmology

113) Florida Society of Pathologists

114) Florida Transportation Builders Association, Inc

115) Florida Veterinary Medical Association

116) FOP Foundation

117) Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

118) Foster Care Review, Inc

119) Foundation for Seminole State College of Florida, Inc

120) Fresenius Medical Care North America

121) Friends of the Underline, Inc.

122) FSCC, LLC

123) GAF Materials, LLC

124) Gates Housing Group, LLC

125) GlaxoSmithKline

126) Habilitation Center for the Handicapped, Inc.

127) Health Care District of Palm Beach County

128) Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners

129) HistoryMiami Museum

130) HNTB Corporation

131) Hope Healthcare

132) Housing Trust Group, LLC

133) Huntsman International LLC

134) IGT and its Affiliates

135) Indelible Management Solutions, Inc.

136) Infrastructure Rehabilitation USA, Inc.

137) Inseparable Action Inc.

138) Intellectually Developmentally Disabled Community Foundation

139) International Atlantic, LLC

140) Investment Corporation of Palm Beach

141) Jacksonville Port Authority

142) Jacksonville Transportation Authority

143) Jacob Rodgers

144) Keystone Properties, L.L.C.

145) Kinder Morgan, Inc.

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

147) Kleo, Inc. d/b/a ClassWallet

148) KPMG LLP

149) L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

150) Lee Health System, Inc

151) Liberty Dental Plan

152) LifeScience Logistics

153) Lighthouse Central Florida

154) Linden Airport Services Corporation

155) Lions World Vision Institute, Inc.

156) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

157) Lucent Group, Inc.

158) Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

159) M&M Realty Partners LLC

160) Major League Baseball

161) Marine Towing of Tampa, LLC

162) Martin County Board of County Commissioners

163) Max Planck Florida Foundation, Inc

164) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc

165) MCI, LC

166) Meta Platforms, Inc.

167) Miami Dade College Foundation

168) Miami Design District Associates, LLC

169) Miami Learning Experience School

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

171) MorseLife Health System

172) Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

173) Mount Sinai Medical Center

174) NAIOP Tampa Bay

175) National Rental Home Council

176) National Veterinary Associates, Inc.

177) Nationwide Retirement Solutions, Inc.

178) Natural Health Partners, LLC

179) New York Yankees

180) Nomi Health Inc

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

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

183) Nova Southeastern University

184) NTT Data, Inc.

185) Nuestra Senora de la Vivienda Community Foundation

186) Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

187) Online Lenders Alliance

188) Orange Barrel Media

189) Padel X

190) Palm Beach Aggregates, LLC

191) Panza, Maurer & Maynard, P.A.

192) Pensacola State College Foundation, Inc.

193) PointClickCare Technologies USA Corp

194) Public Health Trust

195) Quarterhill

196) RAI Services Company

197) Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola, Inc.

198) ReaSyn Technologies, Inc.

199) Renew Financial Group LLC

200) Revenue Based Finance Coalition

201) RightSite Health

202) Robinhood

203) RUDG, LLC

204) Safe Harbor Hospice LLC

205) SaferWatch

206) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

207) Sanford Airport Authority

208) SAS Institute, Inc

209) Security Scorecard

210) Selah Freedom

211) Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC

212) Sentara Health Plans, Inc.

213) SePro Corporation

214) Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.

215) SHEIN Technology LLC

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

217) Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc.

218) Skyward, Inc.

219) Socure, Inc.

220) Solar Sportsystems, Inc

221) South Central Florida Express, Inc

222) South Florida Police Benevolent Association

223) Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, LLC.

224) Southern Technical College Suncoast, LLC

225) Spark Learning, Inc.

226) SPIDR Tech, Inc.

227) Spray Foam Coalition Association

228) St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care

229) Stalwart Equities

230) State Armor

231) Strategic Digital Services

232) Stride, Inc.

233) Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

234) Sunfest Herbs LLC

235) SWARM Inc.

236) Talk of the Town, Inc.

237) Tampa General Hospital

238) Teach Florida

239) The Florida Theatre

240) The Private Suite

241) Titan America LLC

242) Town of Lantana

243) Town of Palm Beach

244) Transit Village Venture, LLC

245) Tremco Incorporated

246) Trulieve, Inc.

247) Unite USA, Inc.

248) United States Sugar Corporation

249) University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc.

250) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

251) University of Miami

252) Ventra Health

253) Versaterm Public Safety

254) Village of North Palm Beach

255) Voices for Children Foundation, Inc

256) VyStar Credit Union

257) Walden Lake, LLC

258) Walgreen Company

259) Walk Off Charities

260) WeatherSTEM

261) Wheeler Emergency Management Consulting, LLC

262) Wildlandscapes International

263) Windstorm Mitigation, Inc

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

265) YMCA of the Palm Beaches

266) Youth Opportunity Investments

267) Zoox, Inc.

268) Zscaler, Inc.

CHRISTOPHER CARPENTER

(Georgia)
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BEN KIMBRO

(Georgia)
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ADRIAN LUKIS

(Florida)
  • (850) 577-0444

  • 201 East Park Avenue5th FLTallahasseeFlorida32301

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LAUREN NIEHAUS

(Maryland)
  • 303-827-9039

  • 3494 Martin Hurst Rd.Suite 201TallahasseeFL32312

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SHALAMAR PARHAM

(Georgia)
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SEAN PITTMAN

(Georgia)
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WILLIAM USRY

(Georgia)
  • (229) 886-6562

  • 1100 PEACHTREE STREETSTE 500ATLANTAGA30309

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