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Michael Dobson is a third generation Floridian, Florida lobbyist and much more. He is a well regarded freelance columnist, the Founder and Managing Member of Dobson, Craig and Associates, LLC and is the Founder, President and CEO of Florida Renewable Energy Producers Association, “Florida’s voice of renewable energy”. He founded the association along with his longtime business partner Cynthia Craig whereby they share Dobson, Craig and Associates, their Tallahassee Florida based governmental relations, association management and political consulting firm. He is also a former candidate for the Florida House of Representatives.
In recent years, he has committed a lot of effort to renewable energy policy. And, Michael is no stranger to renewable energy. It is the family business. He is not only a renewable energy policy analysis, governmental relations expert and advocate, he also gets to engaged in renewable project development (when needed) through the families renewable energy project company . The company does business on both the east and west coasts of the United States. Michael has been instrumental in promoting an RPS mandate, a clean energy fund and other key policies in Florida. He has given policy presentations and testimony before Florida’s Public Service Commission, the Florida Senate, the Florida House of Representatives and Florida’s Energy Commission. As a lobbyist , he is almost singularly responsible for bringing the first "and maybe only" license tag bearing the image of Martin Luther King which adorns many vehicles in Florida to the legislature along with the Dream Foundation, Inc. The bill was sponsored by Senator Larcenia Bullard and State Representative Jennifer Carrol. Michael has been called a very energetic lobbyist. Additionaly, he has secured appropriations for food banks,infant mortality, hospitals and energy projects to name a few. And, he has been engaged in many policy successes in Florida in the areas of small business insurance, healthcare, energy and has helped draft as well as negotiate complicated regulated industry policy. More recently, Michael led the way through his editorial writing skills and later joined other like minded organizations to stop legislation designed to lock out independent renewable energy developers from doing business in Florida.... fighting against Florida's most powerful interest.
He is a 1977 graduate of Bartow Senior High School of Bartow Florida where he excelled in football, basketball, track and was a member of the student Council , ROTC and Glee Club (school chorus). He received his Bachelors Degree from Bethune Cookman College of Daytona Beach and Graduate MBA training at Florida A&M University. He has three children, Sameya Roundtree 35 years old (husband Larry), Noah Michael Dobson 11yrs old and Mikaela Jaray Dobson who is 9. He also has five grandkids ranging from the ages of 2-16. He is married to Cyndi Craig and live inTallahassee Florida.
Additionally, Michael is the first African American in Florida to be the founder and to head a prominant statewide trade association. Additionally, Michael is the first African American in the country to found and head up a statewide ballot referendum for renewable energy policy. He is a free lance writer and columnist for a variety of print newspapers. Have written on subjects such as the environment, the economy and politics.
Honoring Elizabeth "Budd" Bell
The recently deceased Legendary Childrens Advocate, Budd Bell with Michael's son Noah at the age of 1. This was taken while Cyndi and I visited with her in 1999 at her home. I think this picture tells what she was all about... the children. Cyndi is a former Budd Bell intern and Budd is someone who has helped me along the way. She will be missed in our fight for good policies for children in Florida and throughout the country.
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