BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 TEL;PREF;WORK;VOICE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: TEL;WORK;FAX;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: N:YAEGER;DON;;; FN:DON YAEGER ADR;WORK;POSTAL;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:;;;;Florida;; EMAIL;INTERNET: NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Don Yaeger has spent nearly 20 years in Florida=E2=80=99s Capitol working i= n and around the political process in a number of capacities, ranging f= rom journalist to campaign strategist to governmental consultant. In ad= dition to his role with One Eighty Consulting Don is also a writer/edit= or with Sports Illustrated magazine, New York Times Best-selling author= , small business owner, well-known motivational speaker and media train= ing specialist.=20=0D=0A=0D=0AAs President of our firm, for the last 10 years Don has served as consultan= t to a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies such as De= ll, KPMG, Cisco Systems, Unisys, and EMC to smaller clients involved in= environmental, health care, insurance, and financial services issues. = He began his consulting career working for several Tallahassee-based co= mpanies involved in the highest levels of Florida government. Additiona= lly, Don served as campaign consultant and media advisor to more than a= dozen successful statewide and legislative political candidates.=20=0D=0A=0D=0AEarly in his career, Don was a reporter in San Antonio and Dallas for two o= f the largest newspapers in Texas, where he covered a variety of subjec= ts from earthquakes in Mexico City to elections in El Salvador. From 19= 86 to 1990, he was a Political Editor for the Florida Times-Union, cove= ring state and local politics for Jacksonville=E2=80=99s daily newspape= r. His assignments there ranged from traveling with every major preside= ntial candidate in 1988 to spending seven weeks inside Afghanistan with= the mujahadeen as they battled the Soviets in the late 1980s.=0D=0A=0D=0AIn 1996, Don became an Associate Editor for Sports Illustrated magazine, wh= ere he reports and writes on many of the most important issues facing s= ports today, from steroids in baseball to security concerns at athletic= events. He has twice been a finalist for the National Magazine Award, = the highest recognition that can be bestowed upon writers at America=E2= =80=99s leading magazines. During the last ten years, Don has also auth= ored or co-authored 10 books, all on sports-related subjects, three of = which were on the New York Times Best-seller list.=0D=0A=0D=0ADon was recently appointed by Senate President Jim King to serve on the boa= rd of the Florida Education Fund. He also was appointed to the board of= the Brogan Museum of Art and Science.=0D=0A=0D=0ADon received his Bachelor of Science degree in May 1984 from Ball State Uni= versity, where he majored in Journalism and History. He resides in Tal= lahassee. URL;WORK:http://www.statepartnersllc.com/ TITLE:180 Consulting ORG:State Partners REV:2013-06-19T20:52:56Z MAILER: Joomla! vCard for State Partners END:VCARD