Our Team

Recognized as a rising star in Florida politics, Katherine San Pedro joined Ballard Partners in 2017 as the firm’s youngest Hispanic female Partner. Bringing extensive political, legislative and public relations experience to the team, Katherine most recently served as Regional Director of External & Legislative Affairs for AT&T Florida, where she managed the telecommunication giant’s legislative and community-based initiatives, new technology deployment and infrastructure investments in Miami Dade, Monroe, Lee and Collier Counties.

Prior to going to the private sector, she served as a senior legislative aide to both Florida House Speaker Pro Tempore Bryan Avila and Florida’s Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Núñez, and adds political campaign management of local, state and congressional races to her list of professional experience.

Named one of SaintPetersBlog’s 2014 “30 Under 30 Rising Stars in Florida Politics,” she holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami, and is actively engaged in her community having served on the Board of Directors for the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Actor’s Playhouse and WOW Center in Miami. In 2019, she was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to the Board of Directors for Enterprise Florida and Space Florida. Katherine is a born and raised Miami native where she still lives with her husband Brian Delburn and their infant twins.