Professional Services

Paul Bradshaw
Chairman, Southern Group, Tallahassee
Southern Group is a lobbying firm with more than 250 clients and 30 lobbyists. Bradshaw worked for Gov. Bob Graham after law school and then joined Gov. Bob Martinez’s administration, serving as chief Cabinet aide and later directing the state’s growth management program and Office of Policy and Budget. He also worked behind the scenes on Jeb Bush’s gubernatorial campaign.
EDUCATION | East Carolina University (BA), Florida State University (JD) |
SOMETHING SURPRISING | When I was a kid, I was obsessed with bats — you know, the winged mammal kind. Today, I have about 10 bat boxes on my farm that house thousands of free-tailed bats. |
WOULD CHANGE about Florida | Get a decent official state song; maybe something from Tom Petty. Lose all the billboards. Allow ATVs on all public roads except interstates. Decriminalize recreational marijuana use. |
READING | Metazoa, by Peter Godfrey-Smith |
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