Edwin A. Narain

Edwin A. Narain, Esq. has been an active leader in the Tampa Bay community for three decades. He is a highly accomplished professional with extensive leadership experience in business, technology, and government. He is a respected thought leader who has testified at every level of government and whose opinion is sought after by elected officials, CEOs, and community leaders alike.
Edwin’s leadership extends to his role as Vice President of External and Legislative Affairs (Florida & Alabama) with AT&T. He is a three-time Florida Top Performance Manager of the Year (2009, 2010, and 2013) and has earned two AT&T Summit Awards for being among the company’s top achievers.
A licensed attorney, Edwin has served as chairman of the board for several government and non-profit organizations. Edwin is the 2025 chair of the Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Boys and Girls Club of Tampa Bay, and the Saint Leo Board of Trustees. He is also a past chair of the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County (2020) and the Hillsborough County Charter Review Board (2020).
Edwin is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives. In Tallahassee, he chaired the Florida Legislative Black Caucus as a freshman and passed several important pieces of legislation. While elected, he partnered to address the historical wrongs at the Dozier School for Boys, sponsored the Arthur Greene Jr. act and pushed for research and development tax credits for businesses.
His legislative service earned him the Florida Association of Counties – County Champion Award (2015) and Legislative Appreciation Awards from the Florida League of Cities and Florida Boys and Girls Clubs (2016). He also was awarded two prestigious “Distinguished Advocate” awards from the Florida Chamber of Commerce and was named the Florida Society of Health Systems Pharmacists “Legislator of the Year.”
Edwin is a member of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. He has served as the polemarch (president) of the Tampa Alumni Chapter and was honored in 2008 as the chapter’s “Man of the Year.” In 2010, he received the chapter’s Leadership Award for his work guiding the chapter to its first Southern Province Chapter of the Year Award.
Edwin is married to Monica, a public school district administrator and together they have two teenage daughters. As founders of the Black Leadership Network at the University of South Florida, they endow the Narain Family Scholarship that provides financial assistance to African American students enrolled at the university.
Edwin earned his Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law. He holds a masters in business administration and a bachelors in psychology from Saint Leo University. In 2025, he was named by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as of the 100 most influential leaders in the Tampa Bay Area.

Other Honors and Recognitions
2024 – Florida Impact Award, News Service of Florida
2024 – Francisco Rodriguez Award, George Edgecomb Bar Association
2024 – Honorary Gent Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women Tampa Bay
2020 – H.L. Culbreath Jr. Profile in Leadership Award, Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce
2019 – Honorary Deputy, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office
2015 – Ike Tribble Alumni Award, U of South Florida President’s African American Advisory Committee
2014 – Dean’s Award, Stetson University College of Law