Joel Johnson (communications strategist)
Joel Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
| In office 20 May 1999 – 20 January 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Sid Blumenthal Doug Sosnik |
| Succeeded by | Karl Rove |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Douglas Brian Sosnik 1961 (age 62–63) Elmore, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Maryland, College Park (BA) |
Joel Johnson (born in 1961 in
John Kerry's presidential campaign
. Johnson became a managing director of the Glover Park Group in 2005.
Federal government
Johnson joined the staff of Ohio Senator Howard Metzenbaum in 1982, while a student at the University of Maryland. Starting in the mail room, he was later promoted to legislative assistant and then chief of staff.[1] Johnson remained on Metzenbaum's staff until he retired from the Senate in 1994.[2]
In 1994, Johnson assumed the role of executive director of the
Democratic Policy Committee as the staff director of leadership communications. He also oversaw the running of the Democratic Senate leadership's television studio, completed in 1996, in the Hart Senate Office Building.[5]
Johnson joined the Clinton administration as a senior legislative advisor in May 1999,[1] handling communications strategies and messaging coordination until Clinton left office in January 2001.[6][7]
Private sector
Following the end of Clinton's term in office in 2001, Johnson co-founded
John Kerry's presidential campaign.[9]
In 2005, Johnson became a managing director of the
References
- ^ a b c Jack Torry (25 April 1999). "Senate Aide Joins White House". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ a b Jamie Steihm (21 February 1996). "Key Daschle aide pushes Democrats into 21st century". The Hill.
- ^ John Bresnahan (15 April 1999). "White House Hires Another Daschle Aide". Roll Call.
- ^ Margie Omero (15 January 1996). "Daschle Gives Acting Deputy Chief of Staff More Permanent Title". Roll Call.
- ^ Ed Henry (18 July 1996). "Daschle's Media Empire Grows". Roll Call.
- ^ "Power shifts hands in flurry of activity". USA Today. 22 January 2001.
- ^ "Joel Johnson: Managing Director". gloverparkgroup.com. Glover Park Group. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ Paul Holmes (10 August 2011). "Harbour Group Adds Staff". holmesreport.com. The Holmes Report. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ a b Jeffrey Birnbaum (8 September 2004). "Lobbyists Take Leave To Advise Kerry Campaign". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "Lobbyists with a license to win". The Hill. 27 April 2005.
- ^ Allen, Mike (29 November 2011). "WPP buys Glover Park Group". Politico. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ Thrush, Glenn (23 November 2005). "An unlikely connection; Clinton and Murdoch linked by lobbying firm that's been dubbed 'the White House in exile'". Newsday. p. A30.
- ^ "Sodexho hires Glover Park Group to lobby federal government on food service issues". Associated Press Financial Wire. 26 June 2007.