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Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: Flo Kahn

Flo Kahn. Illustration by Chris Shary

51. Flo Kahn

Floreine “Flo” Kahn is the deputy vice president of state advocacy for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, AKA PhRMA. In her role, as PhRMA’s Sacramento point person, Kahn directs the organization’s lobbying operations. And what an operation it is. PhRMA contracts with six lobbying firms – Fernandez Jensen Kimmel Shue Government Affairs, The Apex Group, the Capitol Strategies Group, Heyworth Government Affairs, Noteware Government Relations and Gladfelty Government relations – and spent more than $340,000 on lobbying in just the first quarter of 2023. Kahn has a long history in the pharmaceutical business, having previously handled state government affairs in the West for AbbVie and, before that, working for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Bristol-Myers Squibb. When Kevin McCarthy was the Assembly Republican Leader, Kahn served as his deputy chief of staff, where she worked on energy, water and workers compensation issues. She is a political science grad from UC Berkeley.

Updated Aug. 15, 2023

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