{"id":406995,"date":"2026-09-22T08:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406995\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T08:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:34:39","slug":"personnel-note-port-tampa-bay-taps-jim-browne-for-government-relations-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/406995\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel note: Port Tampa Bay taps Jim Browne for government relations post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Tampa Bay<\/a> has hired Jim Browne\u00a0as its Senior Director of Government Affairs.<\/p>\n

Browne, a former Florida House Majority Office aide and Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) official, will lead the port\u2019s state government relations efforts. He\u2019ll work with elected officials, government agencies and community stakeholders on issues affecting the port and its continued growth.<\/p>\n

Browne previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff at AHCA, where he worked on policy and budget matters involving the agency\u2019s roughly $45 billion budget, Medicaid program and health care regulation.<\/p>\n

Before joining the agency, Browne worked for four elected members of the Senate and House across 13 Regular Sessions. He spent his final six years in the Legislature in the House Majority Office, where he served as Chief Legislative Aide to the Majority Whip from 2018 through 2020 and to the House Majority Leader from 2020 through 2024.<\/p>\n

Port Tampa Bay President and CEO Paul Anderson said Browne\u2019s legislative experience and statewide relationships will help the port as it prepares for its next phase of growth. Port Tampa Bay, Florida\u2019s largest seaport by tonnage and acreage, estimates its operations generate about $34 billion in annual economic impact and support more than 192,000 jobs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJim brings over a decade of experience in the Florida Legislature, a deep understanding of state government and longstanding relationships across Florida. That experience will be valuable as we look beyond Vision 2030 and continue preparing Port Tampa Bay for its next chapter of growth,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith increased attention on maritime infrastructure, shipbuilding and ship repair, this is an important time for our industry. Jim will work alongside our government affairs team to align our state and federal efforts and advance Port Tampa Bay\u2019s priorities for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Browne said returning to Tampa for the position carries personal significance.<\/p>\n

\u201cTampa is home for me, so the opportunity to bring that experience back to this community and put it to work for Port Tampa Bay is especially meaningful. This is an important time for the port as it continues to grow, and I\u2019m looking forward to helping sustain that growth, build on the relationships we have across the state and position the port for what comes next,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Port Tampa Bay has hired Jim Browne\u00a0as its Senior Director of Government Affairs. Browne, a former Florida House…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14662,100,161672,161673,55322,17399,135,1526,137,136],"class_list":["post-406995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-ahca","tag-florida-legislature","tag-government-affairs","tag-jim-browne","tag-paul-anderson","tag-port-tampa-bay","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406995","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=406995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}