1) Airbnb, Inc.
2) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
3) Apple Inc
5) Beep, Inc.
6) Beer Industry of Florida, Inc
7) Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC
8) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
11) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
15) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc
16) Florida Sheriffs Association
17) Fugro (USA) Holdings, Inc.
21) Key West International Airport
24) Management 10
25) Metro Development Group, LLC
26) National Emergency Management and Response
30) Second Harvest of the Big Bend
32) simplySOLV LLC
34) TECO Energy, Inc
35) Tesla, Inc.
37) The Mac Parkman Foundation
39) Timberline Real Estate Partners
40) University of North Florida
41) Urban SDK
43) Vestcor Companies, Inc., The
Brian Bautista advocates on behalf of his clients before the legislative and executive branches of Florida government and has experience acting as statewide spokesman and point of contact for clients. Brian has resided in Florida's capital city for over a decade, and his work spans the gambit from local initiatives to a statewide Senate campaign.
Brian received both a bachelor's degree in political science and a law degree from Florida State University. Brian uses his legal expertise and political acumen to successfully represent clients on some of the highest profile issues in Florida, in the technology, education, healthcare, and energy industries.
Brian has been named one of Florida's 30 Under 30 by Florida Politics and a NextGeneration Rising Star by Influence Magazine
2) Advantage Capital Management Corporation
3) Airbnb, Inc.
4) Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust
5) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates
7) Aucilla Research Institute, Inc.
8) Bay County Board of County Commissioners
9) Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC
11) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC
13) Citizens for Hillsborough County, LLC
16) Clay County District Schools
18) Curo Health Services, LLC dba Gentiva
19) Daytona State College Foundation, Inc
20) Desoto County Board of Commissioners
21) Dex Imaging Inc.
22) Dixie Board of Public Education/Dixie District School Board
24) Edmentum, Inc.
25) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
26) Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.
28) Estuary LLC.
29) Florida Beer Wholesalers Association
30) Florida Polytechnic University Foundation, Inc
31) Florida Prepaid College Foundation, Inc
32) Florida SouthWestern State College Foundation
34) Gopher Resource
35) Harrell's, LLC
36) Hillsborough Community College Foundation, Inc.
37) I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, Inc
38) iEnable, Inc.
39) IMG Academy LLC
41) Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc
42) Indian River State College Foundation, Inc.
44) Junior Achievement of Florida Foundation, Inc.
45) Lakeland Regional Health Systems
49) Museum of Science & History
50) Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine
53) Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners
54) Polk County Clerk of Court
55) Polk County Sheriff's Office
56) Putnam County
58) Rood Chartrand Partnership
59) Sarasota County Government
60) Second Harvest of the Big Bend
61) South Central Florida Express, Inc
63) Southern Gardens Citrus Groves Corporation
64) Southern Gardens Citrus Holding Corporation
65) Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery Corporation
66) Tampa Bay Rays
68) TECO Energy, Inc
72) Town of Belleair
73) United States Sugar Corporation
74) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.
75) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.
77) Workday, Inc.
Sydney Ridley brings years of legislative and political experience to Southern Strategy Group's Tampa Bay office. Sydney spent the past four years as the Chief Legislative Aide to House Majority Leader Dana Young, where she directed all priority policy and budget initiatives. Sydney's time as staff was at the highest level of the Florida House of Representatives, and she brings unmatched relationships with legislative staff, agency heads, and elected officials.
A political pro in Tampa Bay with extensive campaign management experience, Sydney guided Senator Dana Young to successive electoral victories in the Florida House and spearheaded her subsequent election to the Florida Senate. Sydney's political expertise, particularly in the Tampa Bay area, serves as a great strategic asset to our clients. In addition to her work with Senator Young, Sydney has served as both a political director and a field director on various Congressional and State Senate campaigns.
Born and raised in Tampa, Sydney is a third-generation Floridian, a graduate of the University of Virginia, a Florida Gator at heart, and a lover of history, golf, music, and football.