Rodney L. Barreto is a founding partner of Floridian Partners, LLC.  Rodney brings more than twenty-five years of public policy and corporate business development to the firm.  His work with Miami-Dade County, State of Florida and municipal governments and has helped dozens of corporate clients achieve measurable business results by working effectively with public officials, their staffs and relevant organizations to develop and implement winning strategies.  Results include devising successful funding, contractual and legislative plans that have positively impacted his clients’ bottom line.

Rodney is a board member of US Century Bank, locally-owned and headquartered in Miami.  He currently chairs Compensation Committees for the Board.  Additionally, he is a member of the Florida Council of 100 and sits on the Board of the Baptist Health Foundation.

In addition, his professional career has been accompanied by years of successful civic involvement.  He grew up in South Florida and is proud to give back to the community he loves.  He is currently Chairman of the South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee and is pursuing the 2016 Super Bowl for South Florida.  During his tenure with the Committee, Rodney helped raise more than $30 million dollars to support the 2007 and 2010 Super Bowls.  Rodney was the Chairman for the 2007 and 2010 Super Bowl in South Florida. 

Rodney has twice chaired the U.S. Conference of Mayors when the Conference was held in Miami.  He was also Chairman of the 1999 Breeder’s Cup Championship held in South Florida and was the Chairman of the 1999 Sister Cities International Convention in Miami.  Rodney was co-chairman of the City of Miami Centennial celebration in 1996.  He also created the Big Orange New Year’s Eve Celebration in Downtown Miami, a Miami tradition that still takes place each New Year’s.  

While growing up in Miami, Rodney fished Biscayne Bay and hunted the Everglades, activities he enjoys today.  He served two five-year terms on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.  Rodney was appointed to that position by Governor Jeb Bush and re-appointed by Governor Charlie Crist.  Rodney served as Chairman of the Commission in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. 

Rodney has received numerous awards and accolades, including being presented the key to the County by Mayor Stephen P Clark and the Key to the City of Miami by Mayor Manny Diaz. In 1999 and 2006, Rodney was named one of the top 100 most powerful people in South Florida by South Florida CEO.  Additionally, the Latin Builders Association named him “Consultant of the Year” in 2004. In 2005 the Coastal Conservation Association of Florida presented Rodney with their Conservation Award.  He has also received special recognition for his outstanding contributions in the establishment of a Research Natural Area in Dry Tortugas National Park to restore, protect and preserve the park’s pristine subtropical ecosystem.  In 2005 and 2008, Rodney was inducted into the Miami Dade College and Immaculata La Salle High School Hall of Fame. In 2009, the Yamaha Contender Miami Billfish Tournament awarded him with the Captain Bob Lewis Perpetual Memorial Award for his conservation efforts. 

Prior to a career in public affairs, he held other executive positions in administration, security, community and employee relations. Rodney began his career as a City of Miami police officer for six years.  A Miami native, he holds a degree in Professional Studies from Barry University.   He and his wife Sheila have two children Brittney and Bradley.

 

Prior to forming Floridian Partners in 1998, Brian May spent a decade working in state and local government and politics at various high level positions and is a well-recognized expert in Florida politics and government.

Brian served as Campaign Manager, Chief of Staff and key strategist for former Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas and served U.S. Senator Bill Nelson in similar positions throughout the Senator's career dating back to 1994. Brian continues to serve Senator Nelson as a senior political advisor. 

While serving the public from within government, Brian played a key role in bringing together a number of important initiatives and projects. Brian was a key player in the landmark deal to build the American Airlines Arena in Miami in 1997 and was the architect behind then Florida Insurance Commissioner Nelson's efforts in 1995 to attract insurance capital to Florida through incentives for insurance companies to remove policyholders from what is now the Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens).

As a member of Floridian Partners, Brian specializes in the areas of insurance regulation, real estate entitlement, transportation and local government procurement and budgetary matters. He represents various insurance and reinsurance interests before the Florida Legislature and Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, and has an expertise in representing complicated development projects in securing land-use, zoning, permitting and transportation entitlements before local governments and state agencies.

Brian is also recognized as an expert in managing political campaigns. He managed several successful state-wide referendums, including those that closed the gun-show loophole, clarified Court funding in Article V of the State Constitution, as well as a Constitutional Amendment requiring Pre-K education be offered for all 4 year olds in Florida. Brian most recently managed the successful election in 2008 to allow Miami-Dade pari-mutuels to install Las Vegas style slot machines.

Brian lives in the High Pines area of Miami-Dade with his wife, Andrea, son, Reilly and daughter, Paloma. He was raised in Carmel, New York, spent his high school years in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is a graduate of Furman University with degrees in political science and philosophy. He enjoys cycling and golf and gives back to the community through various Board memberships.

Tim brings almost 20 years of experience in state and local government to Floridian Partners.  A graduate of Florida State University with a degree in Political Science, Tim began working with the Florida Legislature while in college, monitoring legislation for a lobbying firm.  Upon graduation, he went to work for the Florida House of Representatives as a budget and legislative analyst with the Committee on Appropriations, specializing in transportation and economic development issues.

Tim has spent the last 10 years working for Miami-Dade County.  He worked for the Board of County Commissioners in the Office of Legislative Analysis and in the Office of the Commission Auditor overseeing transportation and government infrastructure issues.  For the past 5 years, he worked in the Mayor’s Office as a policy advisor and legislative analyst.

Tim has also done extensive campaign work over the years and has experience in both state and local elections.

Tim and his wife Kayla, an attorney, live in Miami with their son Christopher.  Born and raised in Coral Gables, he has served on the Miami River Commission, the Miami-Dade Youth Crime Task Force, and the Miami Intermodal Center Steering Committee.  He currently serves on the Board of the Spay/Neuter Miami Foundation, the Coral Gables Youth Center Foundation, and he and Kayla are volunteers at the Miami-Dade Animal Shelter.  An avid runner and triathlete, Tim will be competing in Ironman Florida in 2011.