Rheb Harbison

• Rheb Harbison is principally responsible for advocating on behalf of the Firm’s clients before the legislative and executive branches, asserting positions on a variety of state and federal business issues.
• Mr. Harbison has extensive knowledge of health care, hospital administration, reimbursements, and the health care delivery system.  He draws upon years of experience as a senior member of a hospital administration team and his subsequent legislative and political advocacy specific to health care regulation and health care insurance.
• Mr. Harbison counsels clients on political action strategy.  He is also responsible for fund-raising and the activities of the Firm’s political action committee, which supports the election of local and state candidates for public office.

• Rheb Harbison was the senior vice president of government affairs and chief lobbyist at The Florida Chamber in Tallahassee prior to joining Carlton Fields.  There, he was principally responsible for advocating the organization’s public policy platform, which asserts positions on a variety of business-related state and federal issues.  As chief lobbyist, Rheb coordinated a team of 12 lobbyists.  He was also responsible for the activities of the Chamber’s political action committee, which supports the election of business-minded legislative candidates.
• Mr. Harbison has a broad range of experience in lobbying, public affairs, media relations, and marketing.  Prior to The Florida Chamber, he held executive positions at both the Florida Supreme Court – where he oversaw legislative and communication policy for the chief justice – and Hospital Corporation of America.

• National Distinguished Leadership Award, National Association for Community Leadership (1997)
• National Health Care Marketing Awards
• National Health Care Recruitment and Retention Awards
• Florida Golden Image Awards

• Board of Directors, Ronald McDonald House of Tallahassee (2003-present)
• Graduate, Leadership Florida (2000)
• Graduate, Leadership Tallahassee (1987)
  Chairman (1990)
• Institutes for Organization Management: Chamber of Commerce of the United States (1982-1984)
• Member, Capitol Tiger Bay Club
• Member, Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists

• Florida State University (B.S., Communication, 1976)
• Tallahassee Community College (Accounting Course Work, 1989-1990)

• Spanish
• English