{"id":21983,"date":"2025-10-27T08:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/21983\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T08:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:33:08","slug":"central-florida-public-affairs-hires-lydia-clair-kirkland-to-handle-tallahassee-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/21983\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Florida Public Affairs hires Lydia Clair Kirkland to handle Tallahassee connections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kirkland has more than 2 decades of public policy and strategy experience. <\/p>\n

A veteran political strategist is joining an Orlando government relations firm.<\/p>\n

Lydia Clair Kirkland has been hired by Central Florida Public Affairs (CFPA<\/a>). Kirkland is leading the firm\u2019s statewide efforts, and she\u2019ll do most of her work in Tallahassee. It\u2019s territory that Kirkland is familiar with, given her years of experience in fundraising, campaign management and strategy. She\u2019s also worked with many state lawmakers on formulating public policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Central Florida Public Affairs continues to grow, expanding into Tallahassee allows us to better serve our clients at the center of Florida\u2019s policymaking. Hiring a seasoned political advisor underscores our commitment to offering unmatched insight and advocacy across the state,\u201d said Sharon Smoley<\/a>, founder and CEO of CFPA. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Lydia Claire Kirkland join our team to lead this new chapter \u2014 her experience, relationships, and understanding of Florida politics make her the perfect person to launch and lead our Tallahassee presence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kirkland has more than two decades of experience in Florida politics. Her expertise is not limited only to the Sunshine State. She\u2019s also done similar work in Tennessee and North Carolina. She\u2019s handled multi-million-dollar campaigns and is also well-versed in fundraising for issue advocacy efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis opportunity to open a Tallahassee office for CFPA allows the firm to grow its portfolio of clients, and I am excited to join a team that\u2019s driven policy forward and shown incredible success for its clients in a short amount of time,\u201d said Kirkland.<\/p>\n

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Kirkland already has plenty of contacts in the state capital. State Rep. Lawrence McClure, a Tampa Republican, said the campaign and political adviser is reliable.<\/p>\n

\u201cLydia Claire is a trusted strategist and advocate, navigating both the political and legislative arenas with grace. Whether advising on campaigns or policy, Central Florida Public Affairs\u2019 clients will be well served by her experience and professionalism. I look forward to watching her excel at this growing firm,\u201d said McClure, who is the Chair of the Florida House Budget Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kirkland has more than 2 decades of public policy and strategy experience. A veteran political strategist is joining…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17106,17107,17108,28,30,29,4272,17109,17110,17111],"class_list":{"0":"post-21983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-campaign-management","9":"tag-central-florida-public-affairs","10":"tag-cfpa","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-florida-headlines","13":"tag-florida-news","14":"tag-fundraising","15":"tag-lawrence-mcclure","16":"tag-lydia-clair-kirkland","17":"tag-sharon-smoley"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}