- Joel Johnson
Joel Johnson is an American businessman and former
White House Senior Advisor. He is currently a partner with the Glover Park Group. He served in theClinton Administration as PresidentBill Clinton s senior advisor for policy and communication.In the early 1990s he served the House Democratic Leadership as Executive Director of the
Democratic Study Group and held senior staff positions on the Senate Labor Committee, the Human Resources Committee and theJudiciary Committee . He served for a time as Chief of Staff toSenator Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio [ [http://www.influence.biz/cgi-bin/display_player.pl?id=20010116160528 Influence : Lobbyist Profile :: Joel Johnson ] ] . WhenSenate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was elected Democratic Leader in 1994, Mr. Johnson was appointed Staff Director for the Senate Democratic Leadership and served as Daschle's chief legislative and communications advisor for five years [ [http://www.influence.biz/cgi-bin/display_player.pl?id=20010116160528 Influence : Lobbyist Profile :: Joel Johnson ] ] .He was appointed in 1999 as President
Bill Clinton 's Senior Advisor for Policy and Communications. In this capacity, he was charged with coordinating the message and communications strategies designed to promote the Administration's legislative and policy goals. He remains an influential lobbyist and corporate advisor [ [http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=14064 CorpWatch : US: The Top 10 Corporate Democrats-For-Hire ] ] , as well as a source of comment for the press [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/13/AR2006061301767.html Spate of Good News Gives White House a Chance to Regroup ] ] .Since the end of the
Clinton administration he has worked in theprivate sector . In 2001 he founded a professional political advisory group called theHarbour Group . Then in 2005, he co created the Glover Park Group strategy company where he currently works. He remains a supporter of the Clintons and recently attended a policy dinner withHillary Clinton [ [http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/12/clinton_dines_w.html Hotline On Call: Clinton Dines With The "White Boys" ] ] .External links
* [http://www.gloverparkgroup.com/content/team/team_johnson.shtml Glover Park website biography]
* [http://www.influence.biz/cgi-bin/display_player.pl?id=20010116160528 Lobbyist profile and photo]
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.asp?id=18695 Employment history]References
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