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Tallahassee, Fl, Us

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Processing of public records requests and subpoenas duces tecum received by the Office of General Counsel, providing department-wide training on the public records law, and administering the department's public records management system. As Agency Clerk, assisting attorneys with case management, preparing and filing agency final orders, and preparing the Record on Appeal for appellate courts.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Established Copper Dome LLC, a professional services firm, providing support for Florida's professional lobbyists, lobbying firms, associations, and companies in the areas of legislative drafting, policy development, research and analysis, strategy, and subcontract advocacy. Highlight: leveraging public sector experience to launch own enterprise.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Staff Director (July 2012-November 2016) for Speaker Will Weatherford and Speaker Steve Crisafulli; Deputy Staff Director (December 2008-June 2012). Duties: management and training of 20 staff members (drafters, editors, and administrative support staff) of House Bill Drafting Service; conducting final review of all bills, amendments, committee substitutes, and tributes as quality control before release to members, committees, and subcommittees of the Florida House of Representatives; drafting legislation; and conducting training sessions on legislative drafting for House staff. Highlight: privilege of providing leadership for exceptional team of dedicated and talented legislative staff.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Duties: researching and writing analyses of proposed legislation, conducting policy studies and writing reports, bill and amendment drafting, and responding to inquiries from members of the Florida House of Representatives. Policy areas: K-12 public education and voluntary prekindergarten (VPK) education. Highlight: drafting and related work on the Speaker Marco Rubio’s priority legislation on curriculum reform which passed at 2008 regular session.

Tallahassee

Policy Supervisor (June 2005–February 2007); Policy Analyst (February 2005–June 2005). Duties: developing and drafting agency rules and guidance for the voluntary prekindergarten (VPK), school readiness, and other early learning programs and management of five early learning policy analysts. Highlight: drafting policy for launch of the $388 million VPK program.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Senior Legislative Analyst (November 2003–February 2005); Legislative Analyst (February 2001–October 2003). Duties: researching and writing analyses of proposed legislation, conducting policy studies and writing reports, bill and amendment drafting, and responding to inquiries from members of the Florida Senate. Policy areas: labor and employment law, unemployment compensation, workforce services, early learning programs, and corporate law. Highlights: drafting the 2003 revision of the unemployment compensation (UC) law and the 2004 voluntary prekindergarten (VPK) law.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Duties: advising Secretary of State Katherine Harris on policy issues before the Governor and Cabinet for the State Board of Education, Department of Revenue, and Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration and advising the Secretary on decisions before the Clemency Board to commute sentences, grant pardons, and restore civil rights. Highlight: serving Secretary Harris throughout the events surrounding the 2000 presidential election.

Orlando, Florida Area

Duties: supervising legislative office, preparing legislative correspondence, scheduling, conducting constituent casework, managing office finances, bill and amendment drafting, planning and coordinating campaign fundraising events and charitable fundraising events for a nonprofit organization, and administrative duties. Highlight: assisting Representative Sublette while he served as chair of the House Education Appropriations Committee.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Lobbying duties: legislative lobbying, bill and amendment drafting, appearing before legislative committees, legislative and legal research and analysis, report writing, and other services. Political consulting duties: campaign consulting for judicial candidates, state representative candidates, and local government candidates, including writing copy for print, radio, and television advertisements for campaigns, developing campaign themes and messages, preparing copy for literature, yard signs, and direct mail, and organizing fundraisers and other events. Highlight: extensive experience in legislative and election politics.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Duties: board meeting and conference planning, public relations, legislative research and analysis, bill and amendment drafting, developing legislative program, lobbying, and coordinating regional lobbying at the grassroots level. Highlight: first employment in the legislative process.

B.S., Political Science, History, Economics

Activities and Societies: Student Senate, College Republicans

A.A., Political Science

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, College Republicans, Student Government, Competitive Edge, F-Troop

Diploma, Diploma

Activities and Societies: Key Club, Student Government