Introduction

Keyna Cory is President of Public Affairs Consultants, Inc. With over 30 years of legislative experience, she has worked with a variety of clients to help them achieve their legislative goals. She has considerable expertise in state funding, solid waste, recycling, environmental, transportation, telecommunications, agriculture, water and general business issues.

Achievements

Florida Society of Association Executives - Associate Member of the Year - 2001
Florida Society of Association Executives Foundation Chair
Florida Association of Professional Lobbyist - Service Award Winner - 2004
Florida Association of Professional Lobbyist Foundation Chair
Florida Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors
Carquest Bowl Chair (previously served on Team Selection Committee for 10 years - Blockbuster Bowl and MicronPC Bowl)
Tallahassee Quarterback Club Chair
Kappa Alpha Theta Membership Director and Recruitment Advisor

Clients

1) Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates

2) American Massage Therapy Association

3) Brightmark Energy

4) City of Jacksonville Beach

5) EZ Event Ride INC

6) Florida Goodwill Association

7) Florida Nurses Association

8) National Waste & Recycling Association

9) Public Affairs Consultants

10) South Florida Agriculture Association, Inc

11) The Chemours Company TT, LLC

12) ZeroEyes

Number of Years as a Lobbyist

20+ years

Relationships

Appointed to the Small Business Regulatory Advisory Committee by Senate President Ken Pruitt and served as Vice Chair

Biography

Keyna also serves as the Executive Director of the Florida Recycling Partnership, a coalition of top Florida businesses and associations whose mission is to educate policy makers, business leaders and the general public about the benefits of recycling. She recently established the Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation that will help support the mission of FRP.

In 2005, Keyna was named Chief Lobbyist of Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) and served in that position and Senior Lobbyist until 2012. AIF is one of the largest business associations in the state. It was her duty to coordinate a team of 17 lobbyists for AIF and lead them in hard fought issues including tort reform, taxation, and state regulatory issues.

In 2004, Keyna was elected by her peers to the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyist (FAPL) Board of Directors after successfully chairing the first FAPL Annual Meeting and Conference. She is one of 15 members elected to the Board from an organization with over 300 members. In 2005, she received the first "Service Award" from the Association at its Annual Conference.

Keyna is a member of the Florida Society of Association Executives. She was the Associate Member of the Year in 2001 and is currently the Past Chair of the Florida Society of Association Executives Foundation. Her experience in governmental affairs representation for associations is extremely unique as she's one of Florida's only consultants who design and implements legislative programs for many associations, both small and large.

She serves on the Florida Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors and was the Chair of the Carquest Bowl in 1995.

Keyna has a reputation at the Capitol as a consensus and coalition builder who gets things done.

Last Updated: January 04, 2024