Telecommunications giant AT&T named expert political consultant Ian Cotner as new regional director of external affairs.
Cotner, with over a decade of experience in the Florida Capitol, will oversee legislative and community affairs projects in the Treasure Coast, Palm Beach, Okeechobee and Glades counties. He will work with community leaders, legislators and business leaders on technology initiatives.
“AT&T has long been a great corporate citizen, delivering technologies, products and services that keep our customers connected to what matters most to them,” Cotner said in a statement Tuesday. “I look forward to the new challenges on the horizon.”
Prior to joining AT&T, Cotner ran his own law practice and political consulting firm, located in Tallahassee and Stuart. He also served as director of legislative affairs for the Department of Children and Families, as well as in the offices of former state Rep. Adam Hasner and former House Speaker Pro Tempore John Legg.
Cotner’s Tallahassee experience includes insurance litigation and handling appellate law at the Florida Office of the Attorney General. In his legislative career, which began in 1998, Cotner also worked at a number of Florida’s leading consulting firms.
