Board Chair - Barney Bishop
Barney Bishop of Tallahassee, was named President of Associated Industries of Florida in January 1, 2005 and elected Chief Executive Officer of AIF and appointed to the AIF Board of Directors on March 6, 2006.A decade after moving to the state capital, he founded and became President and CEO of The Windsor Group (TWG), a full service,Tallahassee-based firm which provided strategic public affairs, communications and government relations services to corporate, governmental and political clients. In July 2003, Barney was named the Chief Political Officer for Associated Industries of Florida (AIF), an eighty-five year old business advocacy association.
Known as “The Voice of Florida Business,” AIF is arguably the most powerful lobbying and political organization in the state with over 10,000 members. In January 2004, he was named their Chief Lobbyist.The following January, he was named President of AIF,AIF Service Corporation and Florida Business United, the political arm of AIF.
Bishop graduated in 1973 from Emerson College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech with majors in Political and Judicial Communication; and in History. His last semester was spent studying in Italy. Bishop’s college successes include winning the New England Debate Championship and serving as student government Vice President and senior class Vice President while at Emerson. Barney is married to the former Shelby Lynn Stinson of Montverde, Florida, and she is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the Appropriations Council for the Florida House of Representatives.