Meet the team
At ConnectSouth, we don’t believe in cookie-cutter services like you’ll get from most large firms. We work with you from the very beginning to map out each step our team will take on your behalf. Then we get to work with the decision makers that impact you.
We provide the full range of public affairs services – from traditional “shoe-leather” lobbying, to coalition building, to executive agency compliance. And if we need to energize the public around a policy issue, our firm has valuable experience in public relations, earned media, grassroots and grasstops mobilization, and paid media campaigns.
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Tony Simon, Partner
Tony Simon began his political career fifteen years ago as the Political Director for a US Congressman and later as the Field Director to the Senate Minority Caucus in Georgia. Over the next four years he played a central role in helping Republicans reach a majority status in both the Senate and House earning the title of Executive Director to the Senate Majority Caucus and later Deputy Chief of Staff to the House Speakers Office.
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Paul Bennecke, Partner
Paul’s experience reaches across all fifty states having worked with governors, legislative caucuses, party committees, federal candidates, Super PACs, ballot initiatives, Fortune 1000 companies, and not-for-profit organizations. Paul has managed over $900 million in political and issue advocacy during his career and has directed and/or consulted for more than 100 successful campaigns.
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Bo Moore, Partner
Bo Moore focuses on complex regulatory affairs and procurement issues in the State of Georgia and Southeast. He has worked on legislative affairs issues in Georgia for more than 20 years. Prior to joining ConnectSouth, Bo led the State Government Affairs practice at McKenna, Long and Aldridge, now Dentons, in Atlanta for almost 12 years. He has managed regulatory solutions for clients, such as DuPont, Southwest Airlines, Ford Motor Company; the Atlanta Falcons, Southwire, Xerox, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Cisco, CA, Nextera Energy, Georgia Aquarium, Georgia-Pacific, Northside Hospital and IGT, just to name a few.