Brian Yablonski

Currently, Mr. Yablonski is Vice President of Public Affairs for the St. Joe Company, Florida’s largest private landowner. In this role, he is helping to strategically plan nearly 800,000 acres of land in Northwest Florida. From 1999 to 2002, Yablonski served as Director of Policy and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Jeb Bush, where he assisted the governor in crafting the major policy initiatives for his first term in office. He also previously served as the communications director for the Foundation for Florida’s Future, editing its quarterly policy journal, Impact magazine, and co-authoring the book, Profiles in Character, with Jeb Bush. Never far from public service, Yablonski sits as one of seven commissioners on the Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the state agency charged with protecting endangered species and regulating hunting and fishing activities in the state of Florida. He is an adjunct fellow with the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), of Bozeman, Montana. The Center is the nation’s oldest and largest institute working to use market principles to solve environmental problems. In addition, Yablonski was appointed by the Florida Speaker of the House in 2007 to serve on the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission, a constitutionally created body that meets once every 20 years to examine the state’s tax structure, and government efficiency and productivity. Finally, he is Florida’s representative on the Governor’s Council for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Yablonski graduated with honors from Wake Forest University and the University of Miami School of Law, where he was a member of the University of Miami Law Review. Prior to practicing law, he served as a personal assistant in the White House to President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1990.