Melanie Shanks Bostick

Melanie Bostick is Vice President of Liberty Partners. With nearly 15 years of experience in the political arena, both on the state and national level, Bostick primarily focuses on public policy issues related to insurance, condominium and homeowners associations, energy and utilities, and tax and elections. She comes to the firm with a strong involvement in politics and association and organizational management. Over the last few years, Bostick worked on legislative and regulatory insurance related matters and served as an assistant to a member of the Florida Public Service Commission. Prior to that time, Bostick was an in-house lobbyist and association executive for the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, worked for several statewide and national trade associations and for five years owned and operated a small-business retail establishment. Bostick has participated in three national Presidential conventions and has been a board member of various political and community organizations for over a decade. She also gained tremendous insight into the national political arena as assistant to the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, where she served during the hotly-contested 2000 Presidential election and election recount. A graduate of Florida State University, Bostick received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and also earned the Designated Professional Lobbyist title from the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyist (FAPL). She and her family reside in Crawfordville, Fla