Sara Clements
McGuireWoods Consulting
SClements@mwcllc.com
850-727-5000
115 E Park Avenue, Ste 1, Tallahassee, FL, 32301, 
Subjects: All Subjects, Children/Family/Women, Corrections/Criminal Justice, Education, Health Care, Insurance, Non-Profit
Links: Website, Twitter
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.
Named a "30 Under 30 Rising Stars in Florida Politics" by Florida Politics in 2014
1) 1-800 Contacts, Inc
2) Aurora Technology, Inc.
3) AXS Group LLC
4) Barnett Southern Corporation
5) Bitcoin Depot
6) BSA Business/Sofware Alliance, Inc
7) Capitol Bridge LLC
8) Central Florida Urban League
9) Diageo North America Inc.
10) DraftKings, Inc.
11) Fantasy Sports Alliance
12) Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
13) First Step of Sarasota
14) Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals
15) Florida Polytechnic University
16) Florida State Foster Adoptive Parent Association Inc
17) Hilton
18) Innovative Emergency Management, Inc.
19) International Code Council
20) Lexia Learning, Inc.
21) Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery
22) Merit International, Inc
23) National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals, Florida Chapter
24) NWEA
25) PRWT Services Inc
26) Public Insight LLC
27) ShiftMed
28) Sports Betting Alliance
29) Sunrun, Inc.
30) Systems & Methods, Inc
31) Tarpon Blue Agriculture BRP, LLC
32) Tarpon Blue Silver King 1, LLC
33) The Nature Conservancy
34) U.S. Facilities, Inc.
35) United Healthcare Services, Inc
6-10 years
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.
Last Updated: February 08, 2024