As the third generation Floridian from Bartow, Michael Dobson is the managing mmberv of Dobson, Craig nd Asociates, LLC , a tallahassee lobbying firm. He is the first Africa America to be the founder of and head a prominate statewide trade association, The Florida Renewable Energy Producers Association. he also heads onbe of 5 independent African American lobbyng firms in the state of Florida. He is a published national op-ed columnist writing mostly on poltical activity and energy policy. He is well known in Florida as a speaker and presenter on energy policy and issues of health policy.