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Glover Park Group

The Glover Park Group (GPG) was an American communications consulting firm based in Washington, D.C.

History

GPG was founded in 2001 by four "well-connected Democrats," Carter Eskew, Joe Lockhart, Mike Feldman and Chip Smith.[1]

In November 2011, GPG was purchased by WPP.[1:1]

Team

Name Position Notes
Max Burns Senior Associate, Strategic Communications[2] Third Degree Strategies
Steven Weber Senior Policy Advisor[3] Global Business Network (GBN), Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

Clients

Clients of GPG included:[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

  • 21st Century Fox
  • 3M
  • 4 Competition Coalition
  • 8minute Solar Energy
  • ABB
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Access Industries
  • Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
  • Airbus
  • Alden Torch Financial
  • Alexander Strategy Group
  • Alliance for International Youth Development
  • Alliance for Meat, Poultry and Seafood Innovation
  • Altice USA
  • AMC Networks
  • America's Health Insurance Plans
  • American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA)
  • American Bankers Association (ABA)
  • American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
  • American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA)
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • American Visual Arts Alliance
  • Amerilink Telecom
  • Apple
  • Asbestos Study Group
  • AstraZeneca
  • BD
  • Better World Fund
  • Big Ten Conference
  • Bloomberg L.P.
  • BNSF Railway
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • BWAY Corporation
  • Capital One
  • Cempra Pharmaceuticals
  • Center for a New Economy
  • China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
  • Churchill Downs
  • Cisco
  • Climate Protection Action Fund
  • Clinton Group
  • Coalition to Preserve DSHEA
  • Cognizant
  • Color Genomics
  • Community Catalyst
  • Crisis Text Line
  • Crop Pro Insurance
  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  • Dean Foods
  • Dendreon
  • Discovery Communications
  • DowDuPont
  • Dropbox
  • DuPont
  • EOS Climate
  • Epsilon Data Management
  • Ernst & Young (EY)
  • ERY Tenant
  • Evidon
  • Expedia
  • Express Scripts
  • Facebook
  • Fannie Mae
  • Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas
  • Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
  • FICO
  • Fluor
  • Fox Corporation
  • Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
  • Fuels America
  • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
  • General Electric (GE)
  • Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)
  • Grubhub
  • Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America
  • Hemlock Semiconductor
  • Herbalife
  • Honda
  • Honeywell
  • Horizon Therapeutics
  • Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
  • HY Manhattan Tower
  • Illumina
  • Impossible Foods
  • Inspiria Delivery Technologies
  • Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
  • Intuitive Surgical
  • ION Geophysical
  • Jackson Hewitt
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Kellogg Company
  • Keurig Dr Pepper
  • Kind
  • Kinetic Concepts
  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)
  • Korea-United States Exchange Council
  • LaserCard
  • Lattice Semiconductor
  • Liberman Broadcasting
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Lonza
  • Lyft
  • Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA)
  • MATCH Coalition
  • Mauser Packaging Solutions
  • Mavenir
  • McDonald's
  • Memphis Meats
  • Microsoft
  • MoneyGram International
  • Monitor 360
  • Morrison & Foerster (MoFo)
  • Motorola Solutions
  • MSG Networks
  • Multitrade Rabun Gap
  • Mylan
  • NARAL Pro-Choice America
  • National Air Traffic Controllers Association
  • National Amusements
  • National Association of Broadcasters
  • National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO)
  • National Brain Tumor Society
  • National Football League (NFL)[22]
  • NCS Pearson
  • Netflix
  • New Venture Fund
  • New World Homes
  • News Corporation
  • Nextel Communications
  • Open Allies for Airfare Transparency
  • Open Society Policy Center
  • Oxfam America
  • Performance Food Group
  • Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Pfizer
  • Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA)
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America
  • Plenty United
  • Population Institute
  • Population Services International (PSI)
  • Presbyterian Healthcare Services
  • Procter & Gamble (P&G)
  • Propel
  • ProShare Advisors
  • Prime Therapeutics
  • ProtectingAmerica.org
  • Publicis Groupe
  • Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
  • Recycling Partnership
  • Regence
  • RJI Capital
  • Rockefeller Family Fund
  • Roku
  • Sanofi
  • Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI)
  • Sesame Workshop
  • Sharps Compliance
  • SK Siltron
  • Sodexo
  • Solyndra
  • South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA)
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Starz
  • Stop Mega Cable Coalition
  • Stop Mega Comcast Coalition
  • Sucampo Pharmaceuticals
  • Sustainable Food Policy Alliance
  • Synchrony Financial
  • Textron Systems
  • Toyota Motor North America (TMNA)
  • Toys 'R' Us
  • Trafigura
  • Transmission Developers (TDI)
  • Trygg Pharma
  • TTM Technologies
  • TV One
  • United Bid Committee of Canada, Mexico, and the United States
  • United for Medical Research
  • United States Telecom Association
  • UnitedHealth Group
  • Univision Communications
  • US Foods
  • U.S. Global Leadership Campaign
  • U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
  • USA Bid Committee
  • Verizon Communications
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • ViacomCBS
  • Visa
  • Vivid Seats
  • Vivint
  • Walt Disney Company
  • Wanxiang America
  • Warner Music Group
  • Wellpoint
  • Western Conservation Action
  • Whole Foods Market
  • Word & Brown
  • XPO
  • Yahoo
  • YPF
  • Zuckerman Spaeder

Activities

GPG has provided funding to the Center for American Progress (CAP)[23] and the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration.[24]


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