Mark Squier

Mark Squier
Occupation	Media consultant
Employer	Purple Strategies 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.

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.

In 1978, Squier worked with his father on Bob Graham’s campaign for governor of Florida and was later hired as lead producer at Squier/Eskew Communications, a firm his father helped found. During his time with his father's firm, Squier produced advertisements for local and national candidates including former Texas Governor Ann Richards, then-Tennessee Senator Al Gore, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman.

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. 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. 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.

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