Mark Squier

{{Short description|Media consultant}} {{Infobox person | name = Mark Squier | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Media consultant | employer = Purple Strategies <br> McMahon Squier and Associates | known_for =Principal partner at Purple Strategies }}

'''Mark Squier''' is an American strategic advisor and media consultant who has worked for Democratic candidates including Howard Dean, Ann Richards, and Robert Weygand. He is a founding partner of the media consulting firm McMahon Squier and Associates and is also a founding partner of Purple Strategies, a bipartisan communications firm.

== Early life ==

Mark Squier is the son of media consultant Bob Squier. As a teenager, Squier was introduced to his father's profession when he was hired by his father to carry and transport camera equipment for various political campaigns.<ref name=DAprile>{{cite news |url=http://www.campaignsandelections.com/magazine/us-edition/175877/all-in-the-family.thtml |title=All in the Family |author=Shane D'Aprile |date=22 April 2010 |work=Campaigns & Elections |accessdate=8 April 2013}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Early political work ===

In 1978, Squier worked with his father on Bob Graham's campaign for governor of Florida<ref name=DAprile/> and was later hired as lead producer at Squier/Eskew Communications, a firm his father helped found.<ref name=AmericanChronicle>{{cite news |url=http://amchron.soundenterprises.net/articles/view/41853 |title=DNCC names executive producers for 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver |date=2 November 2007 |work=American Chronicle |accessdate=8 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130703110037/http://amchron.soundenterprises.net/articles/view/41853 |archivedate=3 July 2013 }}</ref> During his time with his father's firm, Squier produced advertisements for local and national candidates including former Texas Governor Ann Richards,<ref name=Toner>{{cite news |title=Bitter Race in Texas Ends With Richards As Democrats' Pick |author=Robin Toner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/11/us/bitter-race-in-texas-ends-with-richards-as-democrats-pick.html |work=New York Times |date=11 April 1990 |accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref> then-Tennessee Senator Al Gore,<ref name=Hagstrom>{{cite news |title=Spreading the Load |author=Jerry Hagstrom |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3SJB-1NG0-000X-70SX&csi=8022&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The National Journal |date=20 October 1990 |accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref> Iowa Senator Tom Harkin<ref name=Germond>{{cite news |title=Tom Harkin: working with working men and women On Politics Today |author1=Jack Germond |author2=Jules Witcover |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/09/13/tom-harkin-working-with-working-men-and-women-on-politics-today/ |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=13 September 1991 |access-date=9 April 2013}}</ref> and Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman.<ref name=AmericanChronicle/>

=== McMahon Squier and Associates ===

In 1991, Squier left Squier/Eskew Communications and co-founded Trippi McMahon and Squier, a media consulting firm, with Steve McMahon and Joe Trippi. The firm worked on local, national, and international political campaigns including that of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou in 1993.<ref name=Johnson>{{cite book |author=Dennis W Johnson |title=No Place for Amateurs: How Political Consultants are Reshaping American Democracy |url=https://archive.org/details/noplaceforamateu00john |url-access=registration |quote=Squier. |accessdate=9 April 2013 |year=2001 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=0415957877 |page=[https://archive.org/details/noplaceforamateu00john/page/265 265]}}</ref><ref name=BostonHerald>{{cite news |title=Pins needling Dems popular with GOP crowd |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4N8J-PV00-TWCS-D0KK&csi=145223&oc=00240&perma=true |work=Boston Herald |date=15 May 1994 |accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref> Three years later, the firm produced advertisements for the senatorial campaigns of Ron Wyden of Oregon, Mark Warner of Virginia, and John Kitzhaber's campaign for governor of Oregon.<ref name=Johnson/><ref name=NationalJournal>{{cite web |url=http://www3.nationaljournal.com/members/adspotlight/1997/bestof/tms/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629232629/http://www3.nationaljournal.com/members/adspotlight/1997/bestof/tms/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |title=Political Ads |date=10 April 1998 |work=National Journal |accessdate=8 April 2013 }}</ref> Also in 1996, Squier worked with Robert Weygand on his successful congressional primary campaign against fellow Democrat Joe Paolino, who had hired Squier's father Bob Squier as a media consultant.<ref name=DAprile/><ref name=Donnis>{{cite news |url=http://wrnipoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/costantino-adds-staff-for-mayoral-run/ |title=Costantino adds staff for mayoral run |author=Ian Donnis |date=20 May 2010 |work=Rhode Island's NPR |accessdate=8 April 2013}}</ref>

Squier's firm also worked with John Baldacci, including producing advertisements for his 2002 campaign for governor of Maine.<ref name=SunJournal>{{cite news |title=Ad Watch John Baldacci |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h8RGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2296,1347611&dq=baldacci+and+squier&hl=en |work=Sun Journal |date=9 September 2002 |accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref> In 2004, Squier, along with his partner McMahon, were hired as senior political strategists for former Vermont Governor Howard Dean's presidential campaign.<ref name=Kurtz/> The same year, the Media Fund hired Squier's firm to be its lead advertising agency.<ref name=Kurtz>{{cite news |title=Media Fund's Media Firm |author=Josh Kurtz |url=http://www.rollcall.com/issues/50_25/-6695-1.html |work=Roll Call |date=9 September 2004 |accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref> Two years later, the firm developed advertisements for John Sarbanes' congressional campaign in Maryland.<ref name=HouseRace>{{cite news |title=What's Your Name? Who's Your Daddy? |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4KND-91C0-00HT-720B&csi=171512&oc=00240&perma=true |work=The National Journal |date=16 August 2006 |accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref>

During the mid-2000s, Squier's firm changed names several times. In 2004, Joe Trippi left the firm, which was then renamed McMahon Squier and Associates.<ref name=CongressDaily>{{cite news |title=People |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4CC8-2BD0-0058-R3J7&csi=338110&oc=00240&perma=true |work=National Journal |date=12 May 2004 |accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref><ref name=Newlin>{{cite news |title=Washington's Movers and Shakers |author=Eliza Newlin |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3SJB-1V70-000X-753N&csi=8022&oc=00240&perma=true |work=National Journal |date=31 August 1991 |accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref> From 2007 to 2008, John Lapp joined the firm as a partner and the firm's name was changed to McMahon Squier Lapp and Associates.<ref name="*Hotline 2007*">{{cite news |title=Career Track; Lapp dances with McMahon and Squire |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4MRG-9790-TX2R-M389&csi=8295&oc=00240&perma=true |work=National Journal |date=4 January 2007 |accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref> Following Lapp's departure, the firm returned to the name McMahon Squier and Associates.<ref name=Cilizza>{{cite news |title=2010: The Year of the Obama Effect? |author=Chris Cillizza |author2=Perry Bacon Jr. |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=4VFC-WBR0-TW87-N085&csi=8075&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=19 January 2009 |accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref>

Other clients of Squier's firm include the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in both 2006 and 2008,<ref name=PurpleSquier>{{cite web |url=http://www.purplestrategies.com/people/mark-squier/ |title=Mark Squier |work=purplestrategies.com |publisher=Purple Strategies |accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref> and the House Majority Super PAC in 2012.<ref name=PAC>{{cite web |url=http://projects.wsj.com/super-pacs/#/2012/committees/C00495028 |title=How Much Are Super PACs Spending? |year=2012 |work=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=30 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503184346/http://projects.wsj.com/super-pacs/#/2012/committees/C00495028 |archive-date=3 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Purple Strategies ===

In 2008, Squier became a founding partner at Purple Strategies, a bipartisan communications firm located in Alexandria, Virginia. Other founding partners include Alex Castellanos, Bruce Haynes, and Steve McMahon.<ref name=Carnevale>{{cite news |title=New Lobby Shop Sees Gold in Going Purple |author=Mary Lu Carnevale |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/01/21/new-lobby-shop-sees-gold-in-going-purple/ |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=21 January 2009 |accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=Allen>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2011/07/collins-jordan-new-purple-pros-059220 |title=Rob Collins, Jim Jordan join Purple Strategies |author=Mike Allen |date=18 July 2011 |work=Politico |access-date=8 April 2013}}</ref> Current and former Purple Strategies clients include BP, Time Warner Cable, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, and the United States Chamber of Commerce.<ref name=Dealbook>{{cite news |title=In Negotiations, Corporate Antagonism Goes Public |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/in-negotiations-corporate-antagonism-goes-public/ |work=New York Times |date=25 October 2010 |accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref><ref name=Franke-Ruta>{{cite news |title=Washington PR firms cashing in on BP spill |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/06/washington-cashes-in-on-bp-spi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226183136/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/06/washington-cashes-in-on-bp-spi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 26, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=4 June 2010 |accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref>

== Other activities ==

Squier received his master's degree in film from the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. His thesis film, "The Blue Men", was the recipient of an Emmy and a Student Academy Award in 1990.<ref name=Gutmann>{{cite news |title=Focus Awards Will Honor Student Films |author=Stephanie Gutmann |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-28-ca-238-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=28 August 1990 |access-date=9 April 2013}}</ref><ref name=McCaslin>{{cite news |title=Inside the Beltway |author=John McCaslin |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/26/squiers-id-found-in-womens-restroom/ |work=The Washington Times |date=26 August 2008 |accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref><ref name=Oscars>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/winners.pdf |title=Student Film Award Winners |work=oscars.org |publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |accessdate=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229173821/http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/winners/winners.pdf |archivedate=29 February 2012 }}</ref>

Squier was a co-executive producer of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.<ref name=Plunkett>{{cite news |title=Two veteran producers hired to stage '08 DNC |author=Chuck Plunkett |url=http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_7315951 |work=The Denver Post |date=30 October 2007 |accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref>

== References ==

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