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Sara Clements is a government affairs consultant based in Tallahassee, Florida with a strong background in PreK-12 education policy and not-for-profit work. She also has experience working in the areas of criminal justice, child welfare, postsecondary and workforce issues, healthcare, insurance, emergency management, financial services, and more.

6-10 years

Named a "30 Under 30 Rising Stars in Florida Politics" by Florida Politics in 2014

Strong relationships in the Florida Department of Education, as well as the chairs and staff of education policy and appropriations committees in both legislative chambers, and many other agencies and policy areas, including the Department of Children and Families, Department of Corrections, and more.

Sara has more than a decade of experience in education policy and government affairs, starting as a K-12 public school teacher. She thrives on helping clients achieve complex and challenging goals and has become a respected and trusted voice for education policy issues in Tallahassee.

Sara joined McGuireWoods Consulting in 2018 after six years of leading government affairs for nonprofits in Florida. Prior to MWC, Sara led external and legislative affairs for Step Up For Students, the largest K-12 scholarship funding organization in the nation. Before that, she was the Florida Legislative Affairs Director for the Foundation for Excellence in Education. In addition to education, Sara has experience in the areas of child welfare, criminal justice, juvenile justice, healthcare, insurance, and more.

In 2011, while still in the classroom, Sara was nominated for Orange County Public Schools Teacher of the Year award. By 2014, Sara was named one of "30 Under 30 Rising Stars" by Florida Politics, the state's predominant political news site.

Sara received her bachelor's degree in English Education from the University of North Florida in 2007 and her master's degree in Education Policy and Evaluation from Florida State University in 2014.

Sara is a member of Leadership Florida, the American Enterprise Institute's State Leadership Network, and co-founder of Lean In Tallahassee. In her spare time, she volunteers as a guardian ad litem in Florida's Second Judicial Circuit and fosters dogs through a local animal rescue organization. Sara lives in Tallahassee with her husband, daughter, and rescue dog.

BRIAN BALLARD

(Federal)
  • 601 Thirteenth St, NWSuite 450 NWashingtonDC20005

Clients:

1) Africell Holding

2) Alden Torch Financial, LLC

3) Amazon.com

4) American Health Care Association

5) American Road & Transportation Builders Association

6) Andrew Lee

7) Asset Investment Group LLC

8) Atlantic Sapphire, USA, LLC

9) Automated HealthCare Solutions

10) Aviator Capital Management, LLC

11) Bellini Better World Foundation

12) BeSafe Industries, LLC

13) Blue Skies Aerospace Group

14) Boxercraft, Inc.

15) Broward College Foundation

16) Caplin Family Offices

17) Capture Collective, Inc.

18) Carbonfund.org Foundation

19) CBI Acquisitions, LLC

20) Children's Hospital Association

21) Citizens for a Secure and Safe America

22) Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)

23) City of Jacksonville

24) City of Miami Beach, Florida

25) City of Pensacola

26) City of Winter Haven

27) CKP a division of Brown and Brown Florida Inc.

28) Clarity Value

29) Colonial Management Group, LP

30) Contura, Inc.

31) Curative, Inc.

32) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc.

33) Detroit International Bridge Company, Inc.

34) Dish Network, LLC

35) DraftKings, Inc.

36) Eagle LNG Partners LLC

37) F.E.B. Corp.

38) FanDuel, Inc.

39) FarmaceuticalRX of PA, LLC

40) Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company

41) Flagler Health+

42) Friends of Miami Dade College

43) G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc.

44) General Motors LLC

45) Getaround, Inc.

46) HRB Tax Group, Inc. (formerly known as H&R Block, Inc.)

47) iCare.com LLC

48) IMPACT

49) International Atlantic, LLC

50) Jacksonville Port Authority (previously through Alcalde & Fay)

51) JDR Management LLC

52) Jiko Technologies, Inc.

53) KRA Management LLC

54) Kreindler & Kreindler LLP (for certain plaintiffs in "9/11" litigation)

55) Laboratory Corporations of America Holdings

56) Lake Cumberland Marina LLC

57) Lakeside Bluffs Group LLC

58) Leonardo DRS, Inc.

59) Major League Baseball

60) Mark43, Inc.

61) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.

62) MCI, LC

63) Miami-Dade County Public Schools

64) Millennium Physician Group LLC

65) Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

66) Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc.

67) NextEra Energy, Inc./Florida Power and Light Company

68) North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health

69) NOVA Southeastern University

70) Okaloosa County, FL

71) On Demand Holdings, Inc.

72) Orchestra Technology, Inc.

73) Origin Logistics, LLC

74) Orsted Wind Power North America LLC (formerly known as North East Offshore, LLC)

75) Paul M. Harden (on behalf of the City of Jacksonville)

76) Pernod Ricard USA., LLC

77) Potomac Center North, Inc.

78) Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County (on behalf of Jackson Health Systems)

79) Public Utility District No.1 of Douglas County

80) Pulaski Law Firm, PLLC (on behalf of Business Interruption Group)

81) RAI Services Company (FKA- RAISC)

82) Reef Global, Inc.

83) Renew Financial Group LLC

84) Republic Services Procurement, Inc.

85) RIL USA

86) RocketVax AG

87) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

88) Saint Leo University

89) Seal Shield, LLC

90) Sentry Data Systems

91) SharkNinja Operating LLC

92) SI Group Client Services

93) Singani 63

94) Sky Boat LLC

95) Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC

96) Standard Industries

97) Swire Properties, Inc.

98) Tampa General Hospital

99) Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority

100) The Boeing Company

101) The Geo Group, Inc

102) The Mosaic Company

103) Trulieve

104) U.S Sugar Corporation

105) University of Miami

106) USA Freedom LLC

107) Varian Medical Systems

108) Zeta Global

TASHAYLA PERSON DONOHOE

(Missouri)
  • (913) 302-3098

  • PO Box 71434th FloorKansas CityMO64113

Clients:

ALEX EATON

(MOMO)
  • (573) 616-9860

  • PO Box 7143Kansas CityMO64113

Clients:
  • (202) 339-8400

  • 1152 15th Street NWWashingtonDC20005

JEREMY KUDON

(Minnesota)

REBECCA LOHMANN

(Missouri)
  • (573) 434-1514

  • PO Box 7143PO Box 7143Kansas CityMO64113

Clients:

DANIEL MCFAUL

(Federal)
  • 601 Thirteenth St, NWSuite 450 NWashingtonDC20005

JOHN MOHRMANN

(Iowa)
  • 202-849-9002

  • 222 Berkeley Street, 5th FloorBostonMA02116

Clients:
Clients:

1) Africell Holding

2) Alden Torch Financial, LLC

3) Amazon.com

4) American Health Care Association

5) American Road & Transportation Builders Association

6) Anderson Kill P.C. (for certain plaintiffs in "9/11" litigation)

7) Andrew Lee

8) Asset Investment Group LLC

9) Atlantic Sapphire, USA, LLC

10) Automated HealthCare Solutions

11) Aviator Capital Management, LLC

12) Bellini Better World Foundation

13) BeSafe Industries, LLC

14) Blue Skies Aerospace Group

15) Boxercraft, Inc.

16) Broward College Foundation

17) Caplin Family Offices

18) Capture Collective, Inc.

19) Carbonfund.org Foundation

20) CBI Acquisitions, LLC

21) Children's Hospital Association

22) Citizens for a Secure and Safe America

23) Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)

24) City of Jacksonville

25) City of Miami Beach, Florida

26) City of Pensacola

27) City of Winter Haven

28) CKP a division of Brown and Brown Florida Inc.

29) Clarity Value

30) Colonial Management Group, LP

31) Contura, Inc.

32) Curative, Inc.

33) Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc.

34) Detroit International Bridge Company, Inc.

35) Dish Network, LLC

36) DraftKings, Inc.

37) Eagle LNG Partners LLC

38) F.E.B. Corp.

39) FanDuel, Inc.

40) FarmaceuticalRX of PA, LLC

41) Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company

42) Flagler Health+

43) Friends of Miami Dade College

44) G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc.

45) General Motors LLC

46) Getaround, Inc.

47) HRB Tax Group, Inc. (formerly known as H&R Block, Inc.)

48) iCare.com LLC

49) IMPACT

50) International Atlantic, LLC

51) Jacksonville Port Authority (previously through Alcalde & Fay)

52) JDR Management LLC

53) Jiko Technologies, Inc.

54) KRA Management LLC

55) Kreindler & Kreindler LLP (for certain plaintiffs in "9/11" litigation)

56) Laboratory Corporations of America Holdings

57) Lake Cumberland Marina LLC

58) Lakeside Bluffs Group LLC

59) Lathrop Gage LLP

60) Len-Angeline LLC

61) Leonardo DRS, Inc.

62) Major League Baseball

63) Mark43, Inc.

64) Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.

65) MCI, LC

66) Miami-Dade County Public Schools

67) Millennium Physician Group LLC

68) Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

69) Nanobiosym Diagnostics, Inc.

70) NextEra Energy, Inc./Florida Power and Light Company

71) North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health

72) NOVA Southeastern University

73) Okaloosa County, FL

74) On Demand Holdings, Inc.

75) Orchestra Technology, Inc.

76) Origin Logistics, LLC

77) Orsted Wind Power North America LLC (formerly known as North East Offshore, LLC)

78) Paul M. Harden (on behalf of the City of Jacksonville)

79) Pernod Ricard USA., LLC

80) Potomac Center North, Inc.

81) Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County (on behalf of Jackson Health Systems)

82) Public Utility District No.1 of Douglas County

83) Pulaski Law Firm, PLLC (on behalf of Business Interruption Group)

84) RAI Services Company (FKA- RAISC)

85) Reef Global, Inc.

86) Renew Financial Group LLC

87) Republic Services Procurement, Inc.

88) RIL USA

89) RocketVax AG

90) Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida

91) Saint Leo University

92) Seal Shield, LLC

93) Sentry Data Systems

94) SharkNinja Operating LLC

95) SI Group Client Services

96) Singani 63

97) Sky Boat LLC

98) Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, LLC

99) Standard Industries

100) Swire Properties, Inc.

101) Tampa General Hospital

102) Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority

103) The Boeing Company

104) The Geo Group, Inc

105) The Mosaic Company

106) Trulieve

107) U.S Sugar Corporation

108) University of Miami

109) USA Freedom LLC

110) Varian Medical Systems

111) Zeta Global

SEAN OSTROW

(Iowa)
  • 202-849-9002

  • 1718 Bob White DriveLawrenceKS66047

DANIEL PFEIFER

(MOMO)
  • (202) 375-9575

  • P.O. Box 7143Kansas CityMO64113

Clients:

GREG PORTER

(MOMO)
  • (816) 721-3336

  • P.O. Box 7143Kansas CityMO64113

Clients:

DAVID PRESTWOOD

(Minnesota)
Clients:
Clients:

SCOTT WARD

(Ohio)
  • 202-849-9002

  • 1152 15th Street, N.W., First FloorWashingtonDC20005

SCOTT WARD

(Minnesota)

DAVID WILLIS

(Missouri)
Clients: