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Amanda represents companies, trade associations, and nonprofits before Florida's Legislative and Executive branches, providing year-round advocacy and strategic guidance on matters affecting regulated industries and public policy.

6-10 years

Florida State University
Master of Science
Applied American Politics and Policy (2015)

Influence Magazine, Rising Stars of Florida Politics (2022)

Influence Magazine, Honorable Mention - Health Care Lobbyist of the Year (2023)

Florida Auto Dismantlers & Recyclers Association, Recognition for Exemplary Legislative Oversight and Advocacy (2023)

Amanda takes a strategy- and relationship-driven approach to government affairs. She works closely with lawmakers, state agency leadership, and key stakeholders to advance client priorities across legislative, regulatory, and budgetary processes, and to ensure clients are well-positioned as issues develop.

Her experience includes tracking and advocating policy, budget, and rulemaking initiatives; assisting clients in navigating complex government agency matters; and advising on coalition-building, grassroots engagement, and political activity, including PAC-related strategy. She supports clients in both ongoing government affairs engagements and high-stakes matters requiring focused advocacy and coordination.

Amanda began her career in politics in 2013, working on statewide campaigns and later serving in the Governor's administration. Since 2018, she has represented both private- and public-sector clients before the Florida Legislature, Executive Branch, and state agencies. Her background includes serving as Vice President at a boutique Tallahassee lobbying firm and as a lobbyist for Florida's Department of Management Services, providing her with insight into government decision-making from multiple perspectives.

KATHERINE WEBB

(Florida)

Katie leads the firm's Lobbying and Governmental Consulting Division in Tallahassee. She represents businesses, insurers, and public entities before the Florida Legislature and Executive Branch on regulatory, legislative, and policy matters affecting the insurance industry.

15-20 years

Florida State University College of Law, J.D.

Florida State University Bachelor of Science

Katie works closely with state regulatory agencies and quasi-governmental entities, including Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, and serves as Florida legal counsel and lobbyist for national and state property and casualty insurance trade associations. Her practice focuses on strategic advocacy, regulatory engagement, and navigating complex insurance-related legislative initiatives at the state level.

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.

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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.

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