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Texas Lobby Group is now being served by LLK, LLC and Mike Toomey & Associates
Lara Laneri Keel
Texas Lobbyist
Consistently ranked as the top female hired gun lobbyist in Capitol’s Inside’s Texas Lobby Power Rankings since 2011, Lara holds over three decades of experience in and around the Texas Capitol. After serving as a founder and partner in the Texas Lobby Group in 2002, Lara launched her own firm, LLK, LLC in 2020. Lara represents a broad portfolio of Fortune 500 Companies and TX business associations.
Mike Toomey
Texas Lobbyist
Mike began his lobbying pracitice in 1990 after serving as Chief of Staff to Texas Governors Rick Perry and Bill Clements. He is also a former member of the Texas House of Representatives where he served from 1987-1988. In 2002, Mike founded The Texas Lobby Group and then served as CEO of Governor Abbott’s pandemic-focused Strike Force to Open Texas through 2020, when he founded Mike Toomey & Associates.
Carrie Simmons
Texas Lobbyist
Carrie joined Texas Lobby Group in fall of 2014 and was named #1 “Rising Lobby Star” by Capitol Inside. Prior to joining TLG, Carrie served as a legislative aide in the Texas House of Representatives, and later as an account associate at Elizabeth Christian Public Relations and Affairs firm. Carrie is now a Lobbyist at Mike Toomey & Associates and holds a degree in Public Relations from the University of Texas at Austin.