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Ballard Partners is monitoring federal education and infrastructure legislation for the New College Foundation.
The Sarasota-based New College of Florida is the poster child of Governor Ron DeSantis’ war on "woke" indoctrination.
He installed six conservatives to the board of trustees at the one-time progressive school and appointed a political ally and ex-Speaker of Florida’s House as interim president of the school.
The board chopped one-third of NCF’s facility and shuttered its diversity and equity department as it seeks to become a “world-class classical liberal arts education institution” or the “Hillsdale of the South.”
NCF, which fell 24 places to the No. 100 spot in US News and World Report’s 2024 rankings of national liberal arts schools, is looking to raise $400M in state funding over the next five years to achieve its vision of fostering a "community of free thinkers, risktakers and trailblazers."
Brian Ballard, who was Donald Trump’s chief fundraiser in the Sunshine State, and Daniel McFaul, ex-chief of staff to Florida Republican Matt Gaetz, work the New College Foundation.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
