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RANA G. BROWN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Government Affairs Consultant, Ronald L. Book P.A. (February 2008 – Present) • Advance client issues at state and local levels, through direct advocacy and lobbying, specializing in legislative and appropriations work, government and public relations, community outreach, and media communications. • Cultivate and maintain excellent relationships with community leaders, elected officials, and staff, at all levels of government. • Responsible for effective lobbying services on behalf of numerous firm clients, including not- for-profit organizations, professional associations, and multiple local governments. • Formulate and implement strategic planning, consensus building, community outreach, and support for key issues. • Expertise includes legislative and appropriations research, analysis, drafting, and reporting to the firm’s clients. • Responsible for writing legislative packages and detailed reports to the firm’s local government clients. Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce (October 2004 - February 2008) • Restructured and lead the Chamber’s advocacy department through an overall restructuring of the Chamber. • Developed and implemented a local, state and federal committee issue outreach system, engaged members and elected officials to address issues of importance to the business community before all levels of government. • Responsible for the development and enactment of a new, year-long series of governmental relations/advocacy events, with membership from the business community before local, state, and federal elected officials. • Successfully coordinated and hosted multiple candidate debates and forums for elected officials, including the 2006 Gubernatorial Candidate Forum, an issues debate held during the Chamber's annual Goals Conference. • Successfully co-hosted a trade forum with the University of Miami in 2007, to host President George W. Bush as he worked to advance various free trade agreements. • Responsible for developing a local, state and federal issues package, guiding issues through the Chamber's substantive committee process, the advocacy committee process as well as the executive committees of the Chamber. Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Mayor, Miami-Dade County (March 2000 – October 2004) • Advanced legislative and budgetary agenda items of the Mayor and County Commission at the State and Federal government level; coordinated goals of various elected State officials,