GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group focuses on identifying, developing, and securing relationships between clients and government. It provides comprehensive strategic representation for clients by utilizing broad-based expertise in governmental affairs. The firm monitors legislation and creates opportunities for a diverse clientele that includes Fortune 500 companies, state associations, small entrepreneurs, professional groups, and local government.

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GeorgiaLink has a client base with a broad range of interests. Its special focus has been in environmental, gaming, healthcare, telecommunications and banking.

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JOHN S. "TRIP" MARTIN, III is the founder of GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group. GeorgiaLink is a governmental affairs consulting firm which has been recognized by James magazine seventeen years in a row as the top lobbying firm in the state of Georgia. Mr. Martin began his Government Affairs career in 1981 as the Director of State Government Affairs in Georgia for Southern Bell. In 1986, he was promoted to the position of Director of Legislative Affairs for BellSouth in Washington, D.C. where his major responsibilities included the development and implementation of strategies for dealing with Congress on national telecommunications policy issues. He has served as the Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Southeastern Public Affairs Council and was a participant in the Leadership Georgia Class of 1983. He is the former Vice President of the University of Georgia National Alumni Association. Mr. Martin currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Advocacy Group, an international network of lobbying firms with offices in forty-eight states. Trip is married to Julie Brown, a native of Atlanta and President & CEO of Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone. Trip and Julie split their time between residences in Atlanta and Blue Ridge, Georgia, where he is a licensed realtor with the Blue Ridge office of Premier Mountain & Lake Property, Inc., and owns and operates Big Creek Alpaca Farms. Trip has three grown children and five granddaughters.

H. BOYD PETTIT, III is GeorgiaLink's general counsel. Pettit is a political veteran, having served in the Georgia General Assembly for five consecutive terms. As a State Representative, he was a member of the House Appropriations, Judiciary and Industry committees.

ARTHUR B. "SKIN" EDGE, IV specializes in government relations and consulting. Prior to joining GeorgiaLink, he was a Georgia State Senator for ten years, four of which he served as its Minority Leader. Edge was recognized by Georgia Trend magazine as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in Georgia."

Brad Bohannon is a graduate of the University of Georgia. After graduating from the University of Georgia, Brad began his professional career in the private sector before joining Congressman Lynn Westmoreland’s campaign as Political Director on the Congressman’s 2004 election. He later served the office as a Regional Representative. After leaving the Congressman’s office to work as a Government Relations Representative for the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation he returned to Capitol Hill in 2009 as Chief of Staff for Congressman Westmoreland. In 2015, he began work as the Vice President of Government Relations for the Georgia Lottery Corporation representing the interests of the lottery on both the state and federal levels. Following the Georgia Lottery, Brad joined the staff for Georgia’s 83rd Governor, Brian Kemp, in 2021 as Director of Government Affairs and Policy and later as Deputy Chief of Staff. He and his wife Alicia, and two daughters, Macie Lynne and Maddison reside in Newnan, GA. Brad is a graduate of Leadership Coweta, the Coverdell Leadership Institute, a 2021 graduate of Leadership Georgia, and was recognized as a 40 under 40 recipient by the University of Georgia Alumni Association.