{{short description|American political consultant|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Multiple issues| {{Promotional|date=June 2018}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2019}} }} {{Use American English|date=December 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Jill Alper | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|9|12}} | birth_place = | education = Boston College | occupation = Electoral strategist | political_party = Democratic Party | website = {{URL|http://www.deweysquare.com/}} }}

'''Jill Alper''' (born September 12, 1965) is an American political consultant. She founded Alper Strategies & Media, a media firm, in 2016. She also served as the head of Dewey Square Groups' campaign and integrated media practice.

==Career== Alper served as an electoral strategist for the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, where she served as the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Political Director, and of Al Gore, where she coordinated state-specific media efforts, ran election day and started the recount effort. She was the electoral strategist for John Kerry, for whom she put together nomination and general election state plans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=218250&page=5|title=The Note: Bringing It Home|website=ABC NEWS|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerry campaign lacks diversity at top |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4862787 |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=NBC News |date=April 29, 2004 |language=en}}</ref>

Alper started in politics at age 15 when she met Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis as a result of her lawsuit against Senate President William M. Bulger, who refused to hire women to serve as Senate pages. The suit was eventually dropped when Bulger hired a woman after sustained media attention.<ref>{{Cite web |title=12 Apr 1997, 3 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com |url=http://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/441179865/?terms=jill+alper+senate |access-date=2019-02-26 |website=Boston Globe |language=en}}</ref>

In the 1992 election cycle, she was Deputy Political Director and ran candidate recruitment and incumbent protection efforts for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC).

She later served as the Deputy Iowa Field Director<ref>[http://www.hks.harvard.edu/visions/Campaigning_on_the_Net/alper.htm Deputy Iowa Field Director]</ref> for Dukakis' presidential campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/443073931/?terms=jill+alper+senate|title=6 Oct 2002, 6 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com|website=Boston Globe|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref>

She served as a strategist to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20081026/SUB01/810259978/rumbings-beckham-to-lead-bing-campaign|title=RUMBINGS: Beckham to lead Bing campaign|date=2008-10-25|website=Crain's Detroit Business|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref> and Governor Jennifer Granholm<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130210/NEWS/302109954/exit-left-with-war-room-over-whats-granholms-next-act|title=Exit left: With 'War Room' over, what's Granholm's next act?|date=2013-02-08|website=Crain's Detroit Business|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref> of Michigan in both of her races<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wkar.org/offtherecord/program.php?num=2007-20 |title=Alper discussing the ins and outs of the Granholm contest in 2006 on Off the Record with Tim Skubick (WKAR) |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516142941/http://wkar.org/offtherecord/program.php?num=2007-20 |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is a member of the Democratic National Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/2016/07/see_who_michigan_is_sending_to.html|title=See who Michigan is sending to the 2016 Democratic National Convention|last=Gibbons|first=Lauren|date=2016-07-25|website=mlive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref>

In 1989, Alper co-founded the Women's Information Network.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winonline.org/|title=Home – Women's Information Network (WIN)|author=|date=|work=winonline.org|accessdate=December 19, 2016}}</ref> In 1993, she received the Women of Distinction Award from the American Association of University Women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aauw.org/resource/women-of-distinction-program/|title=Women of Distinction Program|website=AAUW: Empowering Women Since 1881|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-26|archive-date=May 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530094531/https://www.aauw.org/resource/women-of-distinction-program/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, she was named to the Aristotle Campaign Dream Team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nothingbutthespin.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/aristotle-crowns-democratic-and-republican-dream-teams-at-aapc-hall-of-fame/|title=Aristotle Crowns Democratic and Republican Dream Teams at AAPC Hall of Fame|date=2010-04-01|website=Nothing but the spin...|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref>

Alper has been highlighted by Politico as a "Featured Caucus Member" in their American politics blog the Politico Caucus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/caucus |title=Featured Caucus Members |publisher=POLITICO |access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>

==2016 Election== In the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Alper served as one of Michigan's 17 superdelegates. She pledged support to Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.michiganradio.org/post/who-are-michigans-17-superdelegates-and-which-candidate-are-they-supporting |title=Who are Michigan's 17 superdelegates, and which candidate are they supporting? |publisher=Michigan Radio |date=2016-06-08}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 2004, Alper married David Katz. A former Deputy Wayne County Executive for Edward H. McNamara, Katz also managed the gubernatorial campaign of Attorney General Jennifer Granholm in 2002.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/politics/campaign/13TRAI.html?pagewanted=2 nytimes.com, 2004/06/13]</ref> They reside in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, with their son and stepson.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=121023&page=2 ABC 2004: The Invisible Primary]

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