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Extensive Media Enterprises Good Monday morning. For the first time in the 14 years I have been publishing these birthday messages about our daughter, Ella Joyce, I want to say that she has two full-time working parents. The moment Ella was placed in Michelle's arms, my wife knew her No. 1 job would be raising this very special young lady. She left her career in campaigns and public affairs to be a full-time mother. This year Michelle went back to work. She is running Charlie Crist's campaign for St. Petersburg Mayor. I don't know how that campaign will turn out. With two parents going full bore on the campaign trail, Ella has somehow blossomed even more this past year. 
Ella Joyce Schorsch turns 14, growing into her own voice while politics remains the family business. She is a strong-willed, deep-thinking, creative, kind, and emotional teenager. She used to be shy and reluctant to speak in public. Now she is often at her mother's side at campaign events. Sometimes she speaks to the crowd. She is still our little girl. She still enjoys playing in her room, riding her horse, laughing, listening to music, and screaming at the top of her lungs about some heartthrob she's obsessed with. Thank you for allowing us to share a part of our daughter with you. Many of you have watched her grow up. This past year, she has been at Crist campaign events, at the White House Christmas party, and in the St. Pete Pride Parade. She is rightly embarrassed that her parents have Charlie's face on a 10-foot banner in front of her home. She knows politics is the family business. She will never admit it, but she is destined to do great, great things, probably in the public sphere. We could not be prouder of her. ___ Here’s some more news we are particularly happy to share: Our good friend Herbie Thiele is betting on himself. After years as a partner at Sachs Media — and nearly two decades working at the intersection of communications, politics and public policy — Herbie is launching Herbie Thiele Consulting, his own government affairs and strategic advisory shop. “I have worked in and around the legislative process for my entire career, closely observing how issues move and how lobbyists build support for their clients,” he says. 
Herbie Thiele bets on himself, launching a government affairs and strategic advisory firm bearing his name. If you know Herbie, the move makes perfect sense. “Along the way, I have embraced what I’m genuinely good at, and love doing — connecting communications strategy with policy outcomes,” he says. There are plenty of good lobbyists in Tallahassee. There are plenty of good communicators, too. What has always made Herbie valuable is that he understands both sides of the equation. Herbie will lobby before the Legislature, bringing 18 years of experience on financial, water and local government issues to the new venture. And he isn’t exactly leaving the family: He’ll remain affiliated with Sachs Media, co-locating there and serving as of counsel. Senate Majority Leader Jim Boyd calls Herbie “a person of integrity who knows how to navigate the process and build support for issues.” Sunburn loves a good personnel note, but we like this one a little more than most. Ron Sachs, his former employer and longtime mentor, put it well: “This next step is a natural one for him.” We agree. Herbie has the relationships, instincts and chops to make this work. Congratulations, our friend. Go crush it. ___ Brian Clark, Budget Chief of the Florida House Health Care Budget Subcommittee for the past eight years, is joining PinPoint Results, the Tallahassee lobbying and grants consulting firm, to handle appropriations advocacy for its clients. Clark has spent 30 years in public service, most of it in healthcare financing and Medicaid funding. He worked in the Medicaid office at the Agency for Health Care Administration before PinPoint President and Partner Robert Beck, then the Governor's Budget Director, brought him into the Office of Policy and Budget two decades ago. 
Brian Clark takes three decades of public service and budget expertise to PinPoint Results. "Brian is a budget unicorn, incredibly knowledgeable across all areas of Florida's budget, and importantly, a genuinely good and decent human being, making him a perfect fit with our firm," Managing Partner Tanya Jackson said. Speaker-designate Sam Garrison has worked with Clark for years. "Brian Clark has been a great friend and an incredible asset to the Florida House, and I congratulate him in his new role with the PinPoint Team," Garrison said. Clark joins a team that includes Beck, Jackson, Jason Maine, Bryan Cherry, former House Speaker Pro Tempore Marti Coley, Andrea Gheen, and Vance Coley. |
