Drawing on over 20 years of public policy and advocacy experience, Harry Sporidis provides clients with senior level proficiency in crafting solutions to legislative and regulatory challenges. He has worked closely with House and Senate Republicans and Democrats over his career on a wide range of issue areas including the environment, health care, transportation, trade, energy, and financial services.
Harry began his career on Capitol Hill, providing policy counsel to several members of the House of Representatives. Shortly after Republicans gained control of the House in 1994, Harry served as senior legislative assistant to Congressman Jim Greenwood (R-PA). Congressman Greenwood was the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, a panel with broad jurisdiction. Harry provided counsel on policy issues before the committee and subcommittee, assisted in managing the office’s legislative staff, and provided strategic advice regarding institutional knowledge of Congress and the federal legislative process.
From 1991 to 1995, Harry was Legislative Assistant to Congressman Mike Bilirakis (R-FL). Congressman Bilirakis was the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. Harry developed much of his early legislative knowledge while working for Congressman Bilirakis.
Harry began his career in the office of Congressman E. Clay Shaw (R-FL), who was the chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade.
Since 1998, Harry has represented clients in the areas of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, health care delivery, energy, and telecommunications. Clients include Pfizer, Amgen, Sanofi Pasteur, Novartis, Theragenics, Mentor, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Cox Communications, Dunn-Edwards Paints, Exelon Generation, and Florida Power (now Progress Energy).