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Rosanne DunkelbergerNovember 5, 2018

Tallahassee-based opposition researcher Josh Cooper has had plenty on his “plate” the past few months. That includes consulting for campaigns in the statewide races of GOP U.S. Senate candidate Rick Scott, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis and state CFO Jimmy Patronis, as well as others nationwide. But after the winners are called Tuesday night, he will head […]

Peter SchorschJune 18, 2018

“You’ve guaranteed there will be an INFLUENCE Magazine for another two years.” That’s what one of the members of the INFLUENCE 100 told me after the first listing of the most influential people in Florida politics was published two years ago. This person’s point to me was that by creating a ‘Fortune 500 of Florida […]

Peter SchorschApril 26, 2018

Ashley Ross is leaving the Senate President’s Office to become “senior finance consultant” for Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis‘ campaign for governor. Ross has been Deputy Chief of Staff for Stuart Republican Joe Negron, advising him on commerce, tourism and veterans’ affairs, among other issues. Before that, however, she had been a fundraiser for the Republican […]

Joe HendersonDecember 30, 2017

Richard Corcoran apologized as he slid into his seat on the outdoor patio at The Capital Grille, an upscale eatery at Tampa’s swank International Mall. He was running a little late and battling a head cold. Corcoran passed on his usual glass of red wine. Instead, he opted for chilled Fiji bottled water. Our waiter […]

Blake DowlingSeptember 30, 2017

I put together a column for INFLUENCE Magazine (should be out soon) about political paid digital advertising and microtargeting. It is a complicated process of getting in front of certain demographics that would take hours of survey questions — using old-school focus groups — for TV ads. Now, with all the data collected by social […]

Peter SchorschAugust 2, 2017

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Foley & Lardner lobbyist and partner Jonathan Kilman has been appointed to the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce‘s Board of Governors and the its newly-formed Strategy Committee, the group announced Wednesday. “We did our homework and Jonathan is regarded as a widely respected and visionary leader who understands the intersection of business and policy in Florida,” said Julio Fuentes, […]

Scott PowersJuly 23, 2017

Extensive Enterprises Media and its media, including FloridaPolitics.com, won three statewide journalism awards Saturday night from the the Society of Professional Journalists Florida Pro Chapter, during ceremonies held in Coral Gables. EEM’s magazine INFLUENCE took second-place for best magazine single issue, for the Winter 2016 edition. That category was won by City & Shore Magazine, […]

Blake DowlingFebruary 21, 2017

The Leon County Research and Development Authority called the other day and asked me to give a chat about artificial intelligence. I gave them the standard JJ-from-Good-Times response … Dyn-o-mite! … love to, thanks for thinking about me! They had read something on AI I had put together for INFLUENCE Magazine last year and thought […]

Staff ReportsDecember 19, 2016

It’s fair to say Lenny Curry had one heck of the year. He did everything from addressing the public pension funding shortfall to bracing his community for a 100-year storm. And now the 46-year-old Jacksonville mayor can add one more thing to his list of 2016 accomplishments: INFLUENCE Magazine’s 2016 Politician of the Year. The biggest […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 30, 2016

Morteza “Mori” Hosseini is the newest member of the University of Florida Board of Trustees. On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced he had appointed the Daytona Beach homebuilder to the university’s governing board. His term begins immediately and ends Jan. 6, 2021. Hosseini, who was named one of the 100 most influential Floridians by INFLUENCE […]

Tag: Influence Magazine

Josh Cooper going from Election Day to mahi mahi

Here is the 2018 edition of The INFLUENCE 100: The most influential people in Florida politics

Personnel note: Ashley Ross joins Ron DeSantis campaign

Richard Corcoran: 2017 Florida Politician of the Year

Blake Dowling: Microtargeting, a tough fact to follow

Personnel note: Jonathan Kilman joins Hispanic Chamber board

Extensive Enterprises wins three awards in Florida journalists’ ceremony

Blake Dowling: Smart delivery – a new disruption

Lenny Curry is INFLUENCE Magazine’s Florida Politician of the Year for 2016

Mori Hosseini appointed to University of Florida board