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EMILY HEATWOLE KEENEY

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EMILY HEATWOLE KEENEY

(South Carolina, )

Adams and Reese

emily.keeney@arlaw.com
8032124967
1221 Main Street Suite 1200, Columbia, SC, 29205,

Subjects: Business/Commerce, Housing/Real Estate/Development/Construction, Insurance, Planning/Land Use/Zoning, Professional/Vocational Licensing, Public Safety, RFP/Procurement, Taxes

I have worked with the South Carolina Legislature, state agencies and Constitutional Officers for over 15 years. I am highly experienced in navigating the state appropriations legislative processes. I am highly skilled at assisting clients by identifying multiple pathways to achieve the intended goals and outcomes.

1) Acadia Healthcare

2) American Property Casualty Insurance Association APCIA

3) Ascend Learning--Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC dba National Healthcareer Association--c/o MultiState Associates, LLC

4) Association of Equipment Manufacturers c/o MultiState Associates Inc

5) Charter Schools USA

6) City of Cayce

7) Communities In Schools of South Carolina

8) Curriculum Associates

9) Gray Collegiate Academy

10) Greenville Water System

11) Healthy Learners

12) Junior Achievement of Greater SC

13) Kiawah Development Partners

14) Limestone Charters Association

15) Liminex, Inc.

16) Metrc LLC

17) Meyer Center for Special Children

18) New Morning Foundation

19) Novo Nordisk, Inc.

20) Ocular Therapeutixs Inc.

21) Pattison's Academy

22) Richland-Lexington Airport District

23) SC Emergency Medical Services Association

24) Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

25) The College Board

26) The R L Bryan Company

27) The Town of Lexington

28) Town of Edisto Beach

29) University Of South Carolina

0-5 years

Prior to joining Adams and Reese, Emily served as the Director of Government Affairs for the South Carolina Department of Education. In this role, she served as the liaison between the agency and South Carolina's General Assembly, the Governor, the Congressional Delegation, other state agencies and stakeholder groups. Additionally, during the legislative session she provided public testimony during hearings, coordinated agency policy development, and annually facilitated the agency budget request through the Governor's Office and the General Assembly.

Emily also spent seven years within the South Carolina House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee, serving as a budget analyst with involvement in the Health and Human Services Budget Subcommittee and the Public Education and Special Schools Subcommittee. Her work included coordinating the passage of $2 billion in state appropriations through the budget process and coordinating communication between the General Assembly, the state's school districts and the South Carolina Department of Education, as well as a variety of legislation affecting K-12 education, property tax, and sales and use tax.

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CALLIE MICHAEL

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CALLIE MICHAEL

(Georgia, )

The Southern Group

michael@thesoutherngroup.com
404-953-1074
1100 PEACHTREET STREET, SUITE 200, ATLANTA, GA, 30309,

6-10 years

Callie Michael joined The Southern Group in 2010 with over eight years of valuable experience in both the budget and policy areas for state and federal government. Callie maintained a top-secret security clearance from the United States Department of Defense and worked in the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee on the Defense Subcommittee. In this capacity, Callie gained rare insight into the federal appropriations and committee process as well as the role and interplay of government relations in the legislative arena.Following Callie's work in Washington, DC, which provided valuable experience and contacts at the federal level, Callie returned to the South where she joined the Georgia Senate Budget and Evaluation Office as the Program Analyst for the Criminal Justice, Public Safety, and Judicial Subcommittees on Appropriations. Callie was soon promoted to the position of Principal Analyst, to assume the duties and responsibilities of the departing Deputy Director. As Principal Analyst, Callie oversaw the day-to-day operations of the office and the budget development process, briefed the director and Senators on budget and policy issues, supervised and assisted other budget staff members, and served as the main contact to the 56 Senators.Callie served as Senate President Pro Tem Tommie Williams' Policy Director during the 2010 legislative session. In this capacity, Callie provided key policy analysis and recommendations to Senate Leadership.Callie is a graduate of the University of Alabama.

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DAVID PRATT

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DAVID PRATT

(Georgia, )

Southern Strategy Group of Georgia

pratt@sostrategy.com
(404) 745 - 3031
1100 PEACHTREE STREET, NE, SUITE 200, ATLANTA, GA, 30309,

Subjects: All Subjects

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1) AARP GEORGIA

2) ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC

3) BIOGEN

4) BIOSERENITY

5) CHANCELIGHT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND EDUCATION

6) ETERNAL VIGILANCE ACTION, INC.

7) GEORGIA COALITION FOR EQUITABLE FUNDING

8) NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION

9) NURO

10) RESOURCE ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES LLC

11) SOUTHERN STRATEGY GROUP

12) SWEET HOME SPIRITS

13) THE COLLEGE BOARD

14) THE GEO GROUP, INC.

15) TRINET HR GROUP

16) UCB, INC.

David Pratt began his career in politics in 1998 as Legislative Aide to Representative Ben Harbin, Chairman Emeritus of House Appropriations. After serving as Legislative Aide, David was hired as a lobbyist for the Georgia Society of Ophthalmology (GSO) and was named the GSO's Deputy Director before the end of his first year. In 2002, David became a contract lobbyist and has since then successfully lobbied on behalf of corporations in the areas of pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices, physician advocacy, information technology, private prisons, mental health facilities, construction, transportation, telecommunications, and real estate development. David enjoys very strong relationships at the Capitol across the ideological spectrum.

David served in the enlisted ranks of the United States Army from 1991 to 1993. After receiving a commission in 1996, David served as an Army Reserve officer until honorably discharged in May of 2003. David graduated Valedictorian at Marion Military Institute (1993-1996) after which he transferred to the University of Georgia majoring in Political Science (1996-1998).

Civically, David is a member of the following organizations: the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and University of Georgia Rugby Alumni Association.

David is from Saint Marys, GA, and resides with his wife, Jessica, in Atlanta.