Sydney Ridley

( Florida )

Subjects: All Subjects

Clients

1) Acree JV, LLC

2) Advantage Capital Management Corporation

3) Airbnb, Inc.

4) Alfred I. duPont Charitable Trust

5) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates

6) Asolo Theatre, Inc.

7) Aucilla Research Institute, Inc.

8) Bay County Board of County Commissioners

9) Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC

10) Cabot Citrus OpCo, LLC

11) Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC

12) Chapman Partnership

13) Citizens for Hillsborough County, LLC

14) City of Crystal River

15) City of Plant City

16) Clay County District Schools

17) College Board, The

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

23) Dream Finders Homes, LLC

24) Edmentum, Inc.

25) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

26) Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.

27) Ernst & Young LLP

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

33) FortiFi Financial, Inc.

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

40) Independence Landing

41) Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc

42) Indian River State College Foundation, Inc.

43) Jacksonville University

44) Junior Achievement of Florida Foundation, Inc.

45) JWB Real Estate Capital

46) Lakeland Regional Health Systems

47) Metropolitan Ministries

48) Miller Electric Company

49) Mote Marine Laboratory

50) Museum of Science & History

51) Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine

52) Peace River Center

53) Pier B Development

54) Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners

55) Polk County Clerk of Court

56) Polk County Sheriff's Office

57) Putnam County

58) R'Club Child Care, Inc.

59) Rood Chartrand Partnership

60) Sarasota County Government

61) Second Harvest of the Big Bend

62) South Central Florida Express, Inc

63) Southeastern Grocers, LLC

64) Southeastern University

65) Southern Gardens Citrus Groves Corporation

66) Southern Gardens Citrus Holding Corporation

67) Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery Corporation

68) Tampa Bay Rays

69) Tampa Electric Company

70) TECO Energy, Inc

71) The Gasparilla Inn & Club

72) The Nemours Foundation

73) The Southern Group

74) Town of Belleair

75) United States Sugar Corporation

76) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

77) Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S.

78) Windstream Communications

79) Workday, Inc.

80) WW International, Inc.

Biography

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.

Last Updated: December 11, 2025