Ana Cruz currently manages Floridian Partners new Central Florida practice, located in Tampa.  Ana brings over 13 years of experience in lobbying, advocacy, and political consulting to Floridian Partners.  During her career, Ana has represented a wide array of clients throughout Central Florida in both the private and the public spheres.  

From 1998 until 2000, Ana served as an aide to Florida Representative Bob Henriquez.  Ana was instrumental in managing two successful campaigns in a district that is key for Florida Democrats.  During the 2000 Presidential Campaign, Ana was named as the Deputy Florida Finance Director for the Gore Lieberman campaign.  In that role, she assisted the national campaign with raising record amounts of money during this country's most competitive Presidential election.  After the 2000 Presidential campaign, Ana served two years as Senator Bill Nelson's West Florida Regional Director before being tapped to become the Executive Director of the Democratic Party of Florida.

Prior to joining Floridian Partners, Ana founded and managed her own successful Governmental Affairs and Public Advocacy practice.  Since 2004, Ana has used her extensive political experience in Central Florida to successfully advocate for several high profile clients, including Verizon, Motorola, and the Orlando Magic.

Ana has worked on a range of different issues and legislation. From 2004 to 2006 Ana worked on Verizon’s installation and launch of their new FIOS product while negotiating a new cable franchise within both Hillsborough county and the City of Tampa. In 2010 and 2011, Ana was brought back on to advocate for Verizon on a state and local level. Now, Verizon is recognized as a leading cable, internet, and phone service provider in the Tampa Bay Area, a market that would have been impossible to capture without aggressive and thoughtful public advocacy.  

In 2005 Ana was the first consultant hired by the NBA Franchise The Orlando Magic to build a team to assist in their “Arena Campaign” efforts. After two and a half years of aggressive negotiating, the City of Orlando and Orange County closed a deal to fund the $1.8 billion Downtown Venues project.  This deal included a plan to build the new $480 million Amway Center.  The Amway Center is now the premier basketball arena in the United States and has helped establish Orlando as one of the fastest growing and most business friendly metro areas in the country.