Paul W. Lowell is public affairs director with Foley & Lardner LLP. He has extensive experience in writing and managing education and health care policy reforms with considerable experience in bill drafting, legislative research, and parliamentary process and procedure. He is the public affairs director in Foley’s Tallahassee office. Mr. Lowell is a member of Foley’s Government & Public Policy Practice.

Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Lowell was the director of the Education Policy Council for the Florida House of Representatives where he developed and managed significant and highly controversial policy initiatives and regularly advised the speaker of the House, leadership staff, and members of the legislature on the substantive and fiscal impact of a wide array of education policies. He also served in many other roles at the Florida House of Representatives, including deputy council director for the Healthy and Family Services Policy Council; staff director of the Healthy Quality Committee; policy liaison in the Office of the Speaker; and legislative analyst of the Procedural & Redistricting Council.

Mr. Lowell worked for Governor Jeb Bush as the health and human services policy chief, where he advised the governor on key policy issues within the health and human services policy area as well as successfully advocated major policy initiatives before the Legislature.