Jared Parker is a founding partner and economic consultant at the Regional Economic Consulting Group. He comes from an economics career within the State of Florida's Government. He maintains a wide range of experience in state policy, ranging from economic development to policy impacts.

Prior to founding the Regional Economic Consulting Group, Jared Parker worked in the Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research (EDR), and prior to that the Tax Research Unit of the Florida Department of Revenue. He was responsible for projecting revenues and determining fiscal impacts of pending bills to the Legislatures' Revenue Estimating Panel. His policy experience includes sales tax exemptions, corporate income, insurance premium taxes and credits, communication services, documentary stamp and Intangibles taxes, and electric and gas utilities.

Jared Parker was involved with many long-term impact and feasibility projects for general state policy while at EDR. He participated in the State's analysis and committee hearings featuring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the later attempt to expand Medicaid under Florida's Health Insurance Exchange. He was involved with the BP Oil Spill impacts of 2010, hurricane disaster impacts, and numerous Constitutional Amendments.

Jared Parker received his M.S. in Applied Economics from Florida State and has a broad range of experience on a variety of topics pertaining to local, state, and regional economies. With many years of hands-on experience in measuring the state economy for the Legislature, he has been for the past decade a part of the revenue estimating process that both the Governor and the Legislature depend on to create their budgets.

He brings to the REC Group invaluable experience in producing in depth outlooks and impacts and can deliver results in a clear and concise manner.