Sean Stafford, co-founding partner of Advantage Consulting Team, has over 14 years experience as a lobbyist and has developed a reputation for delivering results for his clients, while representing them with integrity and professionalism. Over the last decade, he has provided political and strategic advice to some of the nation's largest and most prestigious corporations, helping to navigate them through the complexities of Florida state government.
Mr. Stafford's approach is bi-partisan. During the last 3 election cycles, he fundraised and provided political and strategic advice for a number of state officials in Florida.
Mr. Stafford represents his clients on a diverse range of subjects, including agribusiness; alternative and renewable energy; forestry management and carbon credit trading; Everglades restoration; community association management; economic development; tax incentives; financial services; securities and broker-dealer issues; tort reform; telemarketing; boxing promotion; insurance (including property/casualty, homeowners', life, long-term care, workers' compensation, and credit life); consumer privacy; telemedicine; state agency rulemaking; Chapter 120 state agency authority; state contracts and bidding; technology; licensing; printer cartridge re-use; eminent domain; tobacco settlements; and state and local taxation.
In 2008, Mr. Stafford was tapped by the Governor to be a Delegate on the Governor's Trade Mission to Europe. He was also appointed by the Florida Chief Financial Officer to the "Safeguarding our Seniors" Task Force, which was established to better protect Florida seniors against financial fraud.
Mr. Stafford received his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Florida State University in 1995 and was awarded the prestigious Academic Leadership Award.
A lifelong Tallahassee resident, Mr. Stafford is an active member of the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists, the Seminole Boosters, The Governor's Club, and Killearn United Methodist Church. He is married to Tallahassee native Susan Duggar Stafford, and they are the parents of three children.