(573) 353-8279
235 E High Street, Suite 301, Jefferson City, MO, 65101, 
Clarkston Nelson Government Solutions is a full-service governmental relations and advocacy firm located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Although recently founded, our team shares a longstanding, respected reputation in the Missouri State Capitol. Our uniquely qualified professionals have decades of combined experience working in the Missouri state legislature, Executive Branch and state agencies.
The world of politics has changed over the years making it essential for businesses to have an effective and efficient working relationship with policy makers. Our team holds extensive policy knowledge, strong communication and relationship-building skills and precise legislative strategies resulting in successful governmental advocacy for our clients.
At Clarkston Nelson, we believe our teamwork approach based on years of experience, hard work and dedication to our client's interests provide a strong route to client advocacy and effective results bridging the gap between business and government.
FIRM SPECIALTY
DIRECT LOBBYING
In a world of constant change due to term-limits, ever changing political winds and executive branch turnover, we at Clarkston Nelson adapt and thrive due to our extensive experience and hard work. We work extremely hard to successfully help our clients reach their advocacy goals through our professionalism and unique understanding of the legislative and executive process. We provide direct lobbying efforts to shape legislation and regulations from the beginning to implementation. Our firm is capable of providing all services necessary such as legislation and issue monitoring, public engagement counseling, public testimony, and coalition building.
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
We believe that public opinion shapes much of the debate and decisions at the government level. Clarkston Nelson have a long history of working with clients in the preparation and development of messaging to assist in their advocacy efforts before the legislature, regulators or any other decision-making body. Our strategic communications will be aimed at reaching our client's underlying goal and often can be conveyed to the media and public to potentially sway opinion to our favor. Often times, strategic communications are aided with coalition building efforts to expand our sphere of influence and find additional partners that share with our goals and preferred outcomes.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Our firm recognizes the vast importance of relationship building throughout the political, regulatory, and industry sectors. We believe healthy relationships are built on honest communication and respect. We work diligently with legislators and department contacts to know our clients and understand why their issues matter. Clarkston Nelson strive to maintain professional and positive relations with state elected officials and decision-makers and can utilize our relationships to assist clients with ensuring their issues are properly understood and considered when needed.
1) 3M Company
3) American Hotel & Lodging Association
5) Azova, Inc.
9) Child Care Aware of Missouri
10) City of Jefferson, Missouri
12) CoinFlip
13) Consumer Data Industry Association
14) Consumer Healthcare Products Association
15) Copart, Inc.
16) Covista Inc.
17) Diamond Game
18) DirecTV, LLC
19) EBSCO Information Services
20) EchoStar Corporation and its Affiliates
22) Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (EBSI)
23) FCS Financial
24) FORVIS
26) Home Builders Association of Central Missouri
28) LS Power Grid Midcontinent, LLC
29) Maverik
31) Michael Roberts
33) Missouri Association of Cosmetology Schools
34) Missouri Broadcasters Association
35) Missouri Cancer Associates
36) Missouri Consumer Credit Coalition
38) Missouri Fireworks Association
39) Missouri Optometric Association
40) Missouri Press Association
41) Missouri Society of Accountants
42) Missouri Veterinary Medical Association
43) MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc
44) Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri
45) National Council on Compensation Insurance
46) National Fire Sprinkler Association
47) Odyssey
50) Presidio Environmental, LLC
51) Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri
52) Public School Retirement System of Missouri
54) Renaissance Learning, Inc.
55) SAP Concur Technologies, Inc.
56) Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits LLC
57) Southwest Transmission, LLC
58) Specialized Education of Missouri, Inc.
60) Truehold
61) United Healthcare Services, Inc.
63) Vardr Partners
64) Western Union
DOUG NELSON spent five years as Missouri's State Commissioner of Administration working with all branches of government and every executive branch department on contracting and procurement matters. As Commissioner, he oversaw more than 2,000 active procurement contracts, information technology and cybersecurity issues, bond issuances and budget matters. Along with Doug's unmatched experience in all types of government contract issues, his extensive network of national and state contacts makes him a great resource to clients. Doug also spent more than 18 years as an Assistant Missouri Attorney General focusing on consumer and contract litigation and administrative/regulatory matters. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987 from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and Law degree in 1990 from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
573-469-4173
314 E High Street, Jefferson City, MO, 65101, 
Clarkston Nelson Government Solutions is a full-service governmental relations and advocacy firm located in Jefferson City, Missouri. Although recently founded, our team shares a longstanding, respected reputation in the Missouri State Capitol. Our uniquely qualified professionals have decades of combined experience working in the Missouri state legislature, Executive Branch and state agencies.
The world of politics has changed over the years making it essential for businesses to have an effective and efficient working relationship with policy makers. Our team holds extensive policy knowledge, strong communication and relationship-building skills and precise legislative strategies resulting in successful governmental advocacy for our clients.
At Clarkston Nelson, we believe our teamwork approach based on years of experience, hard work and dedication to our client's interests provide a strong route to client advocacy and effective results bridging the gap between business and government.
FIRM SPECIALTY
DIRECT LOBBYING
In a world of constant change due to term-limits, ever changing political winds and executive branch turnover, we at Clarkston Nelson adapt and thrive due to our extensive experience and hard work. We work extremely hard to successfully help our clients reach their advocacy goals through our professionalism and unique understanding of the legislative and executive process. We provide direct lobbying efforts to shape legislation and regulations from the beginning to implementation. Our firm is capable of providing all services necessary such as legislation and issue monitoring, public engagement counseling, public testimony, and coalition building.
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
We believe that public opinion shapes much of the debate and decisions at the government level. Clarkston Nelson have a long history of working with clients in the preparation and development of messaging to assist in their advocacy efforts before the legislature, regulators or any other decision-making body. Our strategic communications will be aimed at reaching our client's underlying goal and often can be conveyed to the media and public to potentially sway opinion to our favor. Often times, strategic communications are aided with coalition building efforts to expand our sphere of influence and find additional partners that share with our goals and preferred outcomes.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
Our firm recognizes the vast importance of relationship building throughout the political, regulatory, and industry sectors. We believe healthy relationships are built on honest communication and respect. We work diligently with legislators and department contacts to know our clients and understand why their issues matter. Clarkston Nelson strive to maintain professional and positive relations with state elected officials and decision-makers and can utilize our relationships to assist clients with ensuring their issues are properly understood and considered when needed.
1) 3M Company
3) American Hotel & Lodging Association
5) Azova, Inc.
9) Child Care Aware of Missouri
10) City of Jefferson, Missouri
12) CoinFlip
13) Consumer Data Industry Association
14) Consumer Healthcare Products Association
15) Copart, Inc.
16) Covista Inc.
17) Diamond Game
18) DirecTV, LLC
19) EBSCO Information Services
20) EchoStar Corporation and its Affiliates
22) FCS Financial
23) FORVIS
25) Home Builders Association of Central Missouri
27) LS Power Grid Midcontinent, LLC
28) Maverik
30) Michael Roberts
32) Missouri Association of Cosmetology Schools
33) Missouri Broadcasters Association
34) Missouri Cancer Associates
35) Missouri Consumer Credit Coalition
37) Missouri Fireworks Association
38) Missouri Optometric Association
39) Missouri Press Association
40) Missouri Society of Accountants
41) Missouri Veterinary Medical Association
42) MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc
43) Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri
44) National Council on Compensation Insurance
45) Odyssey
48) Presidio Environmental, LLC
49) Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri
50) Public School Retirement System of Missouri
52) Renaissance Learning, Inc.
53) SAP Concur Technologies, Inc.
54) Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits LLC
55) Southwest Transmission, LLC
56) Specialized Education of Missouri, Inc.
58) Truehold
59) United Healthcare Services, Inc.
61) Vardr Partners
62) Western Union
HEATH CLARKSTON has more than two decades working for a variety of clients as a registered lobbyist in Missouri with state government relations and public relations experience. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration and Political Science in 1997 from Missouri State University in Springfield. He began his career as a legislative intern for the Taxpayers Research Institute, a division of Associated Industries of Missouri. After joining Gallagher Consultants Inc. in 2006, Heath quickly earned a reputation as a tenacious, hard-working voice in the Missouri State Capitol for his clients. An active member in many civic and professional organizations, Heath is the benchmark of hard work in the State Capitol.
(850) 681-0024
108 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL, 32301, 
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.
4) Associated Industries of Florida
5) Bayou City Hemp Company, Inc.
6) Big Lands Transect Collaborative LLC
8) Centene Corporation on behalf of its affiliates and subsidiaries
9) City of Panama City Beach, Florida
10) CNH Industrial America LLC c/o MultiState Associates LLC
11) Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project
12) Dealer Consulting Services
13) Deere & Company c/o MultiState Associates LLC
16) Election Systems & Software, LLC
17) Elevance Health, and its Affiliates
20) Florida Crystals Corporation
21) Florida Health Care Association
27) Lee Memorial Health System
31) Miami6500, LLC
32) Milliman
33) Mobile DMV, LLC
34) MorseLife
35) National Assn of Credit Mgt-Improved Construction Practices Committee
36) National Council on Compensation Insurance
37) North Broward Hospital District
38) Petland, Inc.
40) Retail Services & Systems, Inc. dba Total Wine & More
41) Sachem Holdings, LLC d/b/a Pinnacle Pet
42) SPCA Tampa Bay
43) SSJ Health Foundation, Inc.
45) Tew & Taylor
46) Total Community Options, Inc. dba InnovAge
47) Uber Technologies, Inc. and Affiliates
48) VARDR Partners
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.
(573) 520-7240
235 E High Street, Suite 301, Jefferson City, MO, 65101, 
1) 3M Company
3) American Hotel & Lodging Association
5) Azova, Inc.
9) Child Care Aware of Missouri
10) City of Jefferson, Missouri
12) CoinFlip
13) Consumer Data Industry Association
14) Consumer Healthcare Products Association
15) Copart, Inc.
16) Covista Inc.
17) Diamond Game
18) DirecTV, LLC
19) EBSCO Information Services
20) EchoStar Corporation and its Affiliates
22) FCS Financial
23) FORVIS
25) Home Builders Association of Central Missouri
27) LS Power Grid Midcontinent, LLC
28) Maverik
30) Michael Roberts
33) Missouri Broadcasters Association
34) Missouri Cancer Associates
35) Missouri Consumer Credit Coalition
37) Missouri Fireworks Association
38) Missouri Optometric Association
39) Missouri Press Association
40) Missouri Society of Accountants
41) Missouri Veterinary Medical Association
42) MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc
43) Mortgage Bankers Association of Missouri
44) National Council on Compensation Insurance
45) National Fire Sprinkler Association
46) Odyssey
49) Presidio Environmental, LLC
50) Public Education Employee Retirement System of Missouri
51) Public School Retirement System of Missouri
53) Renaissance Learning, Inc.
54) SAP Concur Technologies, Inc.
55) Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits LLC
56) Southwest Transmission, LLC
57) Specialized Education of Missouri, Inc.
59) Truehold
60) United Healthcare Services, Inc.
62) Vardr Partners
63) Western Union
(850) 681-0024
108 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL, 32301-1584, 
2) Associated Industries of Florida
3) Bayou City Hemp Company, Inc.
5) City of Panama City Beach, Florida
6) CNH Industrial America LLC c/o MultiState Associates LLC
7) Deere & Company c/o MultiState Associates LLC
10) EarnIn
16) Miami6500, LLC
18) National Assn of Credit Mgt-Improved Construction Practices Committee
19) Petland, Inc.
20) Retail Services & Systems, Inc. dba Total Wine & More
21) Sachem Holdings, LLC d/b/a Pinnacle Pet
22) SitusHawk
23) SPCA Tampa Bay
24) SSJ Health Foundation, Inc.
26) Tew & Taylor
27) Uber Technologies Inc and Affiliates
28) VARDR Partners