
Jill Alper heads the Dewey Square Group's national campaign, media, and Michigan practices.
A Democratic strategist and media consultant who has worked with campaigns in all 50 states, Alper is a veteran of city, statewide, federal and six presidential campaigns. Alper was recognized by The American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) as the “Best Democratic Campaign Manager” in the nation for Granholm’s 2006 re-election and as Democratic Dream Team Campaign Manager in 2010 by Aristotle. Her clients include numerous corporate and non-profit interests, campaigns and progressive electoral organizations.
Alper served as a consultant and electoral strategist to the Kerry/Edwards ‘04 campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). During the 2000 political cycle, Alper was a strategist for Squier/Knapp/Dunn, a top Democratic political consulting firm, where she conducted paid-media planning and Coordinated Campaign strategies for the DNC and the Gore/Lieberman Presidential Campaign.
In 1998, Alper served as the DNC's political director and from 1994 through 1996 she was the DNC’s national Coordinated Campaign Director, running voter contact and field operations for the entire democratic ticket during the Clinton Gore re-election campaign. In 1997, she was the Director of the Presidential Inaugural Gala. In the 1992 cycle, she ran candidate recruitment and incumbent protection efforts for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Alper's extensive national and statewide campaign experience also includes concentrated work in the state of Michigan, where she has designed strategies for twelve successful state-wide general election and primary campaigns, including Sen. Carl Levin in 1990. She served as campaign strategist to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and to Governor Jennifer M. Granholm from 2001 - 2011. Over the last ten years, she has collaborated on over $50 million in media placements and creative for campaigns that all ended in victory. Alper also served as Michigan state director for Clinton-Gore in 1992 and as Michigan strategist for the Presidential campaigns of Clinton, Gore, Kerry, and Clinton.
Alper’s government experience includes positions in communications and public affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor and as White House Liaison to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Her professional accomplishments have been recognized by Campaigns and Elections Magazine, the Association of American University Women, and the Women’s Information Network, which she co-founded in 1989. She has collaborated on work recognized by the AAPC including Pollie awards such as: Gold Public Affairs Non-Broadcast Video ‘10, Gold Ballot Initiative Ad Award ‘08, Best Use of You Tube ‘06, Gold Independent Expenditure Ad Award ’06, and Bronze Independent Expenditure Ad Award ’06.
A native of Boston, Alper currently resides in Michigan with her family and bulldog, BOTUS (Bulldog of the United States). Alper has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, American, and George Washington Universities, and the University of Michigan and serves as an elected member of the Democratic National Committee.
GSA Contract Number:
GS-07F-0157X