Introduction

GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group focuses on identifying, developing, and securing relationships between clients and government. It provides comprehensive strategic representation for clients by utilizing broad-based expertise in governmental affairs. The firm monitors legislation and creates opportunities for a diverse clientele that includes Fortune 500 companies, state associations, small entrepreneurs, professional groups, and local government.

Firm Specialties:
GeorgiaLink has a client base with a broad range of interests. Its special focus has been in environmental, gaming, healthcare, telecommunications and banking.

Clients

1) (AEROTROPOLIS ATLANTA CIDS) AIRPORT WEST COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT & THE AIRPORT SOUTH COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

2) ABM BUILDING SOLUTIONS, INC.

3) ALLHEALTH CHOICE

4) APPRISS

5) ATTORNEY`S TITLE GUARANTY FUND, INC.

6) CHILDREN`S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA

7) CINTRA

8) CLEANSPARK, INC.

9) COALITION FOR IGNITION INTERLOCK MANUFACTURERS

10) COMCAST

11) CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS, INC.

12) COUNCIL OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES

13) CVS HEALTH

14) DEERFIELD ESTATES, LLC DBA DEERFIELD FARMS

15) DLRDMV

16) ENCOMPASS HEALTH

17) ENVOLVE

18) ERLANGER HOSPITAL

19) GA SENIOR LIVING ASSOCIATION

20) GAINWELL HOLDINGS CORP.

21) GEORGIA ATHLETIC TRAINERS ASSOCIATION

22) GEORGIA ATLAS, INC.

23) GEORGIA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION

24) GEORGIA BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION

25) GEORGIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION

26) GEORGIA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ASSOCIATION (GGCSA)

27) GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

28) GEORGIA OB/GYN SOCIETY

29) GEORGIA PEST CONTROL

30) GEORGIA POWER COMPANY

31) GEORGIA PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION (PGA)

32) GEORGIA PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION

33) GEORGIA SOCIETY OF CPA'S

34) GEORGIA STATE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION (GSGA)

35) GEORGIALINK PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP

36) GREENBERGTAURIG

37) KOCH COMPANIES PUBLIC SECTOR, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES

38) LENDINGPOINT

39) MACRO COMPANIES

40) MAPLEBEAR INC. (D/B/A INSTACART)

41) MEDNAX

42) MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

43) MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, LLC

44) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITY COMPANIES

45) NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

46) NECCO

47) PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS

48) PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP

49) PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA (PHRMA)

50) PHYTEST

51) PITTMAN CONSTRUCTION

52) PREPASS SAFETY ALLIANCE

53) PULL A PART

54) PURECYCLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

55) REDMANE TECHNOLOGY, LLC

56) SANOFI US SERVICES, INC.

57) SCHOLARPATH

58) SCI MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

59) SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS

60) TWIN PINES MINERALS, LLC

61) UNITED PARCEL SERVICE

62) VALLAMBROSA PLANTATION, LLC

63) VISION RNG (VRNG)

64) WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY

65) WARNER ROBINS

Biography

John S. "Trip" Martin, III is the founder of GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group. GeorgiaLink is a governmental affairs consulting firm which has been recognized by James magazine seventeen years in a row as the top lobbying firm in the state of Georgia. Mr. Martin began his Government Affairs career in 1981 as the Director of State Government Affairs in Georgia for Southern Bell. In 1986, he was promoted to the position of Director of Legislative Affairs for BellSouth in Washington, D.C. where his major responsibilities included the development and implementation of strategies for dealing with Congress on national telecommunications policy issues. He has served as the Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Southeastern Public Affairs Council and was a participant in the Leadership Georgia Class of 1983. He is the former Vice President of the University of Georgia National Alumni Association. Mr. Martin currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Advocacy Group, an international network of lobbying firms with offices in forty-eight states. Trip is married to Julie Brown, a native of Atlanta and President & CEO of Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone. Trip and Julie split their time between residences in Atlanta and Blue Ridge, Georgia, where he is a licensed realtor with the Blue Ridge office of Premier Mountain & Lake Property, Inc., and owns and operates Big Creek Alpaca Farms. Trip has three grown children and five granddaughters.

Last Updated: September 03, 2023