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20 years of legislative and policy work at the federal, state and local levels

Previously served as director of government affairs for Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh

Spent seven years working as director of conservation programs and a governmental affairs representative for Ducks Unlimited

Worked for former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich for six years on Capitol Hill and in Annapolis

Bernie Marczyk joined Cornerstone's Annapolis office in December 2018. Most recently, Bernie served as the director of government affairs for Anne Arundel County Executive Steve Schuh. In this role, he worked closely with the County Council and Maryland General Assembly to advance legislative initiatives and implement public policies for the County.

Prior to working for the County Executive, Bernie worked for Ducks Unlimited for seven years as a federal and state lobbyist and thenin managing the organization's conservation delivery in the Atlantic Region (Maryland to Maine). In this role he was responsible partnering with federal, state, and non-profit organizations on land acquisition and wetland restoration projects on private lands or public lands such as Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

Bernie began his professional career working for then-Congressman Bob Ehrlich first as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill and then as a policy advisor for Governor Ehrlich in Annapolis where he oversaw the legislative and policy efforts of the Departments of Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources, Planning, and Transportation. Bernie also worked on multiple statewide and local elections in Maryland.

A graduate of Princeton University, Bernie and his wife Keely live on Maryland's Eastern Shore with their nine-year-old daughter Leah, seven-year-old twins Claire and Tommy, and three-year-old daughter Stella. Bernie is an active volunteer at St. Christopher's Catholic Church and as a basketball, soccer, and softball coach.

THOMAS MIDDLETON

(MDDE)

Subjects: All Subjects

Links:Website

Served in the Maryland State Senate from 1995 to 2019, representing District 28 in Charles County

Former Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee

Full-time owner and operator of his family farm in Charles County, Maryland

Former Maryland State Senator, Thomas "Mac" Middleton joined the Cornerstone Annapolis office as a senior consultant in January 2021. Mac possesses nearly four decades of experience working in public service in the state of Maryland. He brings to the firm expertise in economic development, financial services, budget and appropriations, agriculture, energy and environment, and infrastructure policy.

He was elected to the Maryland State Senate in 1994 and initially served on the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and was Chairman of the Capital Budget Subcommittee. Since 2003, Middleton has served as Chairman of the Finance Committee. As chairman, he led the committee in reviewing all legislation relating to banks and other financial institutions, business regulation and occupations, commercial law, economic development, health, labor, and insurance matters.

Prior to serving in the Senate, Mac was chairman of the Charles County Planning Commission where he worked to better manage growth in the county from 1978 to 1986. In 1986, he was elected President of the Charles County Commissioners and continued to work on improving the county's government services, education, and growth management. Mac has also served as Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, which is a tri-state legislative body that advises the legislatures of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the U.S. Congress on issues of bay-wide concern and ensures state and federal actions to sustain the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay.

Mac has been the owner and operator of his family farm, Cedar Hill Farm, since 1971 and brings unique insight into challenges faced by small business owners. He is a lifelong Charles County, MD resident, a full-time farmer, husband, father of three, proud grandfather, and strong believer in public service.

DELORA SANCHEZ

(MDDE)

Created the first a trade association of Maryland's nine Medicaid MCOs and served as Director and principal lobbyist for the MCOs who are responsible for providing health care to 1.2 million Marylanders enrolled in the Medicaid program

Provides strategic consulting and lobbying to the Maryland Hospital Association and its 64 hospitals on medical liability, tort reform, and integrated community oncology issues.

Lobbied for the passage of legislation on behalf of ZERO to Prostate Cancer making Maryland the second state in America to eliminate cost-sharing for prostate cancer screening

Named 2020 Top Lobbyist by the National Institute for Lobbying & Ethics (NILE)

Delora R. Sanchez, Esq. joined Cornerstone in October 2015 after leading Johns Hopkins Medical System's government affairs team. Delora spent nearly a decade representing Hopkins' interests before the Maryland General Assembly, Governor's office, and state administrative agencies. She has an extensive background in state legislative and regulatory issues.

As a senior vice president in Cornerstone's Annapolis office, Delora specializes in representing hospitals, managed care organizations (MCOs), pharmaceutical manufactures, medical cannabis companies, and private sector special interests. Over the past 10 years, Delora has used her deep policy expertise and legislative connections to save or create tens of millions of dollars in state funding for clients; shape Maryland's medical liability policy; and steer the top healthcare system in the world through the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the creation of the Maryland Health Benefits Exchange.

Delora was recognized by the Daily Record in 2017 as a VIP, 40 under 40 and as a Leading Woman in 2013. In 2014 Sanchez was named a Marshall Memorial Fellow -- the flagship leadership development program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2008 to 2010 she was appointed by the President of Johns Hopkins University to serve on the Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Council. During the same time period, she was also appointed by then Governor Martin O'Malley to the Maryland Commission for Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities.

Delora is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and serves as chair of community engagement on the board of directors for Thread, which engages underperforming high school students facing significant barriers outside of the classroom. As a native of Baltimore and current South Baltimore resident, Delora was proud to accept an appointment by the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates to the South Baltimore Gateway Partnership Board. The organization is responsible for distributing approximately $8 million in casino revenue for community development projects in the areas immediately impacted by the casino's construction. Previously, she was a board member of the Charles Village Community Benefits District and Vice Chair of the board for Hope Forward, which provides support transitioning for former foster youth.

Delora holds a Juris Doctor degree with a concentration in Health Law from University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and an undergraduate degree in Healthcare Management from Towson University. She is licensed to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Delora is a lifelong resident of Baltimore and enjoys living downtown, yoga, and biking around the City.

BRIAN ABELA

(Pennsylvania)
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BRIAN BALLARD

(Florida)
Clients:

1) 19 Enterprises, LLC

2) 8038 and 165 Owner LLC

3) A Resilient Future Florida, Inc.

4) Access Restoration Services US, Inc.

5) Adashi Systems LLC

6) Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

7) Advanced Rx Pharmacy, LLC

8) AIDS Healthcare Foundation

9) Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

10) Alfred Benesch and Company

11) Alma Advertising

12) Amazon.com, Inc.

13) American Fintech Council

14) American Investment Holdings, LLC

15) American Polymer Company

16) American Veterinary Medical Association

17) Armoured One

18) AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP

19) Atlas Air, Inc.

20) Atlys Global, LLC

21) Augmented Intelligence Technologies, Inc.

22) Automated Healthcare Solutions

23) Avecina Medical

24) Axon Enterprise, Inc.

25) Babcock Property Holdings, LLC

26) Banyan Health Systems, Inc

27) Barry University

28) Basketball Properties, LTD

29) Bayer U.S. LLC

30) BCC Engineering, LLC

31) Becker Boards

32) Bellini Better World Foundation

33) Belvedere Terminals Company, LLC

34) Big Bend Homeless Coalition

35) BioSpine Institute

36) Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper

37) Block, Inc.

38) Blue Origin Florida, LLC

39) Blue Waters Development Group, LLC

40) BMG Money, Inc

41) Broward County

42) Broward County Public Schools

43) Broward County Sheriff's Office

44) Buena Vista Homes LLC

45) BusPatrol America LLC

46) Camillus House, Inc

47) Caplin Family Offices, LLC

48) Carahsoft Technology Corporation

49) CareSource Mission

50) Churchill Downs, Inc

51) Citrus Health Network, Inc

52) City of Boynton Beach

53) City of Cape Coral, Florida

54) City of DeBary

55) City of Delray Beach

56) City of Hallandale Beach

57) City of Largo

58) City of Marathon

59) City of Miami

60) City of Palm Beach Gardens

61) City of Pembroke Pines

62) City of Pensacola, Florida

63) Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Palm Beach County

64) Clyde Johnson Contracting & Roofing, Inc.

65) Coinbase, Inc.

66) Colonial Management Group, LP

67) Communications International, Inc.

68) Core and Main LP

69) Cougar Contracting LLC

70) Council of Florida Medical School Deans

71) COVE Behavioral Health

72) Cox Science Center and Aquarium

73) Cruise Lines International Association

74) D.R. Horton, Inc

75) DACRA

76) David A. Straz Jr Foundation

77) DBL Ventures

78) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc

79) Destinations Florida

80) DISH Network LLC

81) Diversified Technology Consultants

82) DMF Employment Opportunities, Inc.

83) Doodie Calls, Inc.

84) DoorDash, Inc.

85) Downtown Vision, Inc.

86) Dream Greene Holdings Florida LLC

87) DSS, Inc.

88) East Coast Packers, LLC

89) Eisai, Inc

90) Embassy of Japan

91) Epilepsy Florida

92) FarmaceuticalRX LLC

93) Fast Forward Sports Group, LLC

94) Feeding Florida, Inc.

95) Feeding Northeast Florida, Inc.

96) FG Holdings Florida, LLC

97) Florida A & M University Foundation

98) Florida Alliance of Children's Councils & Trusts, Inc.

99) Florida Association of Cosmetology & Technical Schools (FACTS)

100) Florida Chiropractic Association, Inc

101) Florida Entertainment & Arts Venues Association, Inc.

102) Florida Network of Youth and Family Services, Inc

103) Florida Podiatric Medical Association

104) Florida Police Benevolent Association, Inc

105) Florida Power & Light Company

106) Florida Rural Water Association

107) Florida Sheriffs Risk Management Fund

108) Florida Society of Ophthalmology

109) Florida Society of Pathologists

110) Florida Transportation Builders Association, Inc

111) FOP Foundation

112) Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

113) Foster Care Review, Inc

114) Foundation for Seminole State College of Florida, Inc

115) Fresenius Medical Care North America

116) Friends of Miami Dade College

117) Friends of the Underline, Inc.

118) FSCC, LLC

119) Gates Housing Group, LLC

120) GlaxoSmithKline

121) Google LLC and its Affiliates

122) Habilitation Center for the Handicapped, Inc.

123) Health Care District of Palm Beach County

124) Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners

125) HistoryMiami Museum

126) HNTB Corporation

127) Hope Healthcare

128) Housing Trust Group, LLC

129) Huntsman International LLC

130) IGT and its Affiliates

131) Indelible Management Solutions, Inc.

132) Infrastructure Rehabilitation USA, Inc.

133) Inseparable Action Inc.

134) Intellectually Developmentally Disabled Community Foundation

135) International Atlantic, LLC

136) Investment Corporation of Palm Beach

137) Jacksonville Port Authority

138) Jacksonville Transportation Authority

139) Jamco, Inc.

140) K&L Gates, LLP

141) Keystone Properties, L.L.C.

142) Kinder Morgan, Inc.

143) Kitson Evergreen LLC d/b/a Kitson & Partners

144) Kleo, Inc. d/b/a ClassWallet

145) KOR Medical

146) KPMG LLP

147) L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

148) Lee Memorial Health System

149) Liberty Dental Plan

150) LifeScience Logistics

151) Lighthouse Central Florida

152) Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research, Inc.

153) Lions World Vision Institute, Inc.

154) Loggerhead Marinelife Center

155) M&M Realty Partners LLC

156) Major League Baseball

157) Marine Towing of Tampa, LLC

158) Martin County Board of County Commissioners

159) Max Planck Florida Foundation, Inc

160) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc

161) MCI, LC

162) Miami Design District Associates, LLC

163) Miami Learning Experience School

164) Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc

165) Milan Laser Hair Removal

166) MorseLife Health System

167) Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

168) Mount Sinai Medical Center

169) Mulicka Properties LLC

170) Murphy Pipeline Contractors, LLC

171) NAIOP Tampa Bay

172) Natural Health Partners, LLC

173) Netskope Inc.

174) New York Yankees

175) Nomi Health Inc

176) North Broward Hospital District (d/b/a Broward Health)

177) Northport Health Services of Florida, L.L.C.

178) Nova Southeastern University

179) Novavax Inc.

180) NTT Data, Inc.

181) Nuestra Senora de la Vivienda Community Foundation

182) Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

183) Okeechobee Community Developers LLC

184) Online Lenders Alliance

185) Orange Barrel Media

186) Padel X

187) Palm Beach Aggregates, LLC

188) Panza, Maurer & Maynard, P.A.

189) Passport Labs, Inc.

190) Pensacola State College Foundation, Inc.

191) PointClickCare Technologies USA Corp

192) Priority Holdings LLC

193) Public Health Trust

194) Pulse Clinical Alliance

195) Radom Corporation

196) RAI Services Company

197) Re-Entry Alliance Pensacola, Inc.

198) Renew Financial Group LLC

199) Revenue Based Finance Coalition

200) Robinhood

201) Rubicon Technologies LLC

202) RUDG, LLC

203) Safe Port Terminals LLC

204) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

205) Sanford Airport Authority

206) SAS Institute, Inc

207) Security Scorecard

208) Selah Freedom

209) Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC

210) Sentara Health Plans, Inc.

211) SePro Corporation

212) Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc.

213) Shopping Center Management d/b/a Turnberry Associates

214) Simon Wiesenthal Center, Inc.

215) Simpson Nurseries

216) Skanska USA Civil Southeast Inc.

217) Skyward, Inc.

218) Socure, Inc.

219) Solar Sportsystems, Inc

220) Somnia, Inc.

221) South Central Florida Express, Inc

222) SouthEast Development Group, LLC

223) Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits, LLC.

224) Southern Roots Filling Station, Inc.

225) Spark Learning, Inc.

226) SPIDR Tech, Inc.

227) St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care

228) Stircor Services, Inc.

229) Strategic Digital Services

230) Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.

231) Sunfest Herbs LLC

232) SWARM Inc.

233) Talk of the Town, Inc.

234) Tampa Bay Lightning

235) Tampa Bay Sports & Entertainment, LLC

236) Tampa General Hospital

237) Teach Florida

238) The Beck Group

239) The Fire Watch

240) The Florida Theatre

241) The Private Suite

242) TheraTrue Florida, LLC

243) Titan America LLC

244) Town of Lantana

245) Town of Palm Beach

246) Transit Village Venture, LLC

247) Tremco Incorporated

248) Trulieve, Inc.

249) Unite USA, Inc.

250) United States Sugar Corporation

251) University of Central Florida Foundation, Inc.

252) University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

253) University of Miami

254) Versaterm Public Safety

255) Village of North Palm Beach

256) Vinik Family Office LLC

257) Voices for Children Foundation, Inc

258) VyStar Credit Union

259) Walden Lake, LLC

260) Walgreen Company

261) WeatherSTEM

262) Wheeler Emergency Management Consulting, LLC

263) Windstorm Mitigation, Inc

264) Worldwide Interactive Network, Inc. d/b/a WIN Learning

265) YMCA of the Palm Beaches

266) Youth Opportunity Investments

LAUREN BARR

(Pennsylvania)
Clients:
  • (916) 446-6752

  • 1415 L STREET, SUITE 1200SACRAMENTOCA95814

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CHRIS BRAVACOS

(Pennsylvania)
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GEOFFREY GALLO

(Massachusetts)
  • 603-770-9000

  • 1800 Concord PikeWilmingtonDE19850

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ANNETTE HART

(Pennsylvania)
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RICHARD HAYDEN

(Pennsylvania)
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  • 410-935-1470

  • 2 Francis StreetAnnapolisMD21401

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KATRINA ISERMAN

(Pennsylvania)

KATRINA ISERMAN

(Massachusetts)
  • 617-266-3113

  • 280 Beacon Street#31BostonMA02116

KATRINA ISERMAN

(Connecticut)

JAKE JOHNSON

(Illinois)
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MELISA MCEWEN

(Texas)
  • (512)7737283

  • 4808 Hidden Creek Ln.AustinTX78669

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AMY PRENTICE

(Maryland)
  • 703-400-0137

  • 1800 Concord PikeWilmingtonDE19850

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JEFFREY SHARP

(Pennsylvania)
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CALEB SISAK

(Pennsylvania)
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JOSHUA SPAGNOLA

(Florida)
  • 9414478725

  • 1503 Brooks RoadMonticelloFL32344

JOSHUA SPAGNOLA

(Georgia)
  • (941) 447 - 8725

  • 3704 RANDALL STREETTALLAHASSEEFL32309

DENNIS WALSH

(Pennsylvania)
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