TEAM 180 - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• CEO
• President
• Senior Advisor
• Senior Government Affairs Consultant With 180 Consulting

Danny Jordan has been a Senior Government Affairs Consultant with 180 Consulting since 2004 after retiring from the State of Florida after 26 years of service. During his long career with the State of Florida, he was appointed by Governor Bush to Six Senior level Information Technology Management positions and served on multiple multi-agency task forces and transition teams. Because of his many years of experience on multi-agency teams he also served on a number of Legislative task forces on behalf of the state's Health and Human Services agencies. His experience in the Legislative appropriations process for the Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Department of Health resulted in appointment by Governor Jeb Bush to the position of Chief Technology Officer over the Health and Human Services agencies. He served as Chief Information three times in his career with the State of Florida. At different times during his career he was also an internal Lobbyist for several of the Health and Human Services agencies. Over the past 18 years he has represented over 200 Information Technology companies in various types of consulting engagements in front of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of government in the states of Florida and Georgia. In late 2004, he was one of the founding members of State Partners LLC which operates in Texas, Florida, New York, and North Carolina. This national firm also has a network of affiliates that operate in 16 other states around the country. Prior to his government career Danny served with the United States Marine Corp, Company C 8th Tanks, served as the second Platoon Sergeant Staff SGT E6. Danny and his wife Betty are long time Tallahassee residents, have 4 grown children, 4 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.

Job Titles:

• Senior Consultant

Kevin Brown has worked in Florida government and politics for over ten years. He served as campaign manager for the Doug Broxson for State Representative campaign from 2010- 2014 and Doug Broxson for State Senator in 2016. Additionally, he served as the North Florida Director for Attorney General Pam Bondi's 2014 campaign. Brown served as Chairman of EscaRosa Young Republicans, and as the Treasurer, State Committeeman, and Chairman of the Escambia County Republican Party. As County Chairman, he oversaw the successful GOP midterm elections of 2018 and was selected to help introduce President Trump at his 2017 rally in Pensacola. Kevin served as Co-Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida's Legislative Affairs Committee, as well as a member of the Chairman's Caucus, and the Next Generation Republican Roundtable. Kevin entered politics as an intern for then-Congresswoman, now U.S. Senator, Marsha Blackburn in Tennessee and has also worked with former U.S. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, and former Missouri Governor, Eric Greitens. Most recently, Kevin served as Chief of Staff to State Senator Doug Broxson; where he managed the Senator's legislative portfolio. During his time with the Senator, Brown worked on a number of policy issues, including; the BP Oil Spill and recovery, insurance and business regulatory reform, education funding, local government issues, and military and veteran initiatives. Kevin also served on the Board of Directors for the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce. When home, Kevin participates in various civic and community events in the Greater Pensacola area, and is an Honorary Submariner by the U.S. Submarine Veterans; Drum Bass, Pensacola. Kevin resides in Pensacola, FL with his wife, Meghan, daughter, Molly and dogs, Elvis and Charlie.

Job Titles:

• Senior Consultant
• Vice President
• Vice President / Procurement & Contracts

Nicola Lee Nicholas is a local Tallahassee native and Florida State University graduate who was born into the IT industry around Florida state government. She has nearly held sales roles at every job since graduating from college and has even worked with Florida Department of Health, Office of Information Technology. Nicola has sold many technology solutions to Florida state and local government leadership and to the agency end users. She has a deep understanding of selling and doing business with Florida government agencies. This includes their purchasing, contract, and budget processes. She was raised around Florida government family and friends thus providing her with a unique insight into Florida governmental technologies and programs across numerous agencies. Nicola has excellent customer relationship management skills and has fostered a large network including key decision makers and industry program and technical experts in Florida state agencies. She has a solid background in technology within the public and private sectors. She's held previous roles at major IT companies where she worked with state and local government leadership in the State of Florida selling IT intangibles. Nicola has proven that she has what it takes to identify and qualify opportunities to continuously drive successful sales opportunities and closing business. Thus, she can help our clients achieve their business development goals. Nicola is involved within the local IT community serving various programs and non-profit organizations over the years always staying connected and in tuned with the day-to-day in Tallahassee and local state government community. She understands the intricacies of doing business within Florida government. She can help our clients navigate the procurement and contracting processes for all types of IT services across all state departments. Nicola is fur mom to a toy Maltese named Lilliebell and loves to go fishing and attend FSU sporting events.