Laura has been a trusted partner of The Southern Group, the largest lobbying firm in Florida, since 2009. Laura has over twenty years of experience working with local, state, and federal governments and brings a unique skill set to her private and public sector clients.

Having worked as high level staff inside local government, Laura focuses much of her practice on assisting city and county governments achieve their goals. Additionally, private sector clients utilize Laura to help them navigate and succeed with the procurement processes of public sector entities.

Throughout her 20 years of working in and around government, Laura has developed expertise in numerous areas, including appropriations, local government procurements, economic and business development, health care, education, public and private partnerships, strategic planning, telecommunications, transportation, tourism, and environment.

Prior to working with The Southern Group, Laura served as the in-house lobbyist for the City of St. Petersburg and directed the state and federal appropriations process and succeeded in securing millions of dollars in state and federal grants and earmarks.

Prior to working for the City, Laura spent five years as legislative staff in the Florida House of Representatives, worked and volunteered on multiple political campaigns and spent time working with a large corporate PAC. Having analyzed patterns of Congress and maintained communications between a corporate government relations department and PAC members, Laura is well versed in the political efforts of both private and public sectors.