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Public Policy Consultants
An integral part of what Everett Clay Associates can bring to bear for a client is public policy consulting. Because government is the biggest business in America today, private businesses cannot avoid meeting the government bureaucrat somewhere along the line in fighting for a successful bottom line.
In order for a business to be successful, it must be able to get its message across to regulators as well as to the media and the public. In this age of specialization, one must speak in the language that the regulator, bureaucrat and politician can understand and respect. A former public officeholder can do this.
Edmond J. Gong, Esq. heads Public Policy Consultants. He is a former public official who served 10 years in the Florida Legislature, first as a member of the House of Representatives for four years and then as a member of the Florida Senate for six years. A native Miamian with a degree in government from Harvard University, Gong started his career as a journalist for the Hong Kong Standard, and then as a staff writer for The Miami Herald. He was also a freelance writer for Time and Life magazines.
He received his law degree from the University of Miami's School of Law, and worked in an international law firm for a year. Gong was then appointed as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida by then Attorney General, Robert Kennedy.
As a prosecuting attorney, he became interested in politics. After two years of prosecuting criminal cases for the government, he went into private practice. And a year later he ran and was elected to the Florida House of Representatives as the first ever Asian-American to be elected to the Florida Legislature.
Gong then served as one of nine state senators representing Dade County. He was chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee, and along with then Senator Lawton Chiles wrote an article in the Florida Constitutional Revision of 1969 that requires a Code of Ethics for all state employees that was subsequently adopted and is in the Florida Constitution today. He also served as chairman of the Senate Congressional Reapportionment Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He has served as Associate Director of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; as Vice-Chairman of the Florida Board of Business Regulation, and as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Associated Harvard Alumni. He is a member of the Florida Bar and has practiced law for nearly 50 years.
Gong brings his extensive legal, governmental, journalistic and academic background and a bicultural orientation to bear in helping ECA clients protect and promulgate their vital economic interests. His background establishes him as an advisor and counsel in the broadest sense.
ECA believes it is the only public relations firm in Florida to have this unique capability available in house for the benefit of its clients should a need for a total approach be necessary.
Not only does this melding of multidisciplinary backgrounds with traditional public relations make any presentation, program or strategy more effective, but it can save clients time and money in meeting their crucial needs.
An integral part of what Everett Clay Associates can bring to bear for a client is public policy consulting. Because government is the biggest business in America today, private businesses cannot avoid meeting the government bureaucrat somewhere along the line in fighting for a successful bottom line.
In order for a business to be successful, it must be able to get its message across to regulators as well as to the media and the public. In this age of specialization, one must speak in the language that the regulator, bureaucrat and politician can understand and respect. A former public officeholder can do this.
Edmond J. Gong, Esq. heads Public Policy Consultants. He is a former public official who served 10 years in the Florida Legislature, first as a member of the House of Representatives for four years and then as a member of the Florida Senate for six years. A native Miamian with a degree in government from Harvard University, Gong started his career as a journalist for the Hong Kong Standard, and then as a staff writer for The Miami Herald. He was also a freelance writer for Time and Life magazines.
He received his law degree from the University of Miami's School of Law, and worked in an international law firm for a year. Gong was then appointed as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida by then Attorney General, Robert Kennedy.
As a prosecuting attorney, he became interested in politics. After two years of prosecuting criminal cases for the government, he went into private practice. And a year later he ran and was elected to the Florida House of Representatives as the first ever Asian-American to be elected to the Florida Legislature.
Gong then served as one of nine state senators representing Dade County. He was chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee, and along with then Senator Lawton Chiles wrote an article in the Florida Constitutional Revision of 1969 that requires a Code of Ethics for all state employees that was subsequently adopted and is in the Florida Constitution today. He also served as chairman of the Senate Congressional Reapportionment Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He has served as Associate Director of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; as Vice-Chairman of the Florida Board of Business Regulation, and as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Associated Harvard Alumni. He is a member of the Florida Bar and has practiced law for nearly 50 years.
Gong brings his extensive legal, governmental, journalistic and academic background and a bicultural orientation to bear in helping ECA clients protect and promulgate their vital economic interests. His background establishes him as an advisor and counsel in the broadest sense.
ECA believes it is the only public relations firm in Florida to have this unique capability available in house for the benefit of its clients should a need for a total approach be necessary.
Not only does this melding of multidisciplinary backgrounds with traditional public relations make any presentation, program or strategy more effective, but it can save clients time and money in meeting their crucial needs.
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