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The '''Dewey Square Group''' (DSG), founded in Boston in 1993, is a public affairs firm with specialties in "grassroots" and "grasstops" campaigns, strategic communications, coalition building, state and local affairs, international practice, and political campaigns.<ref>Dewey Square Group, [http://www.deweysquare.com/what-we-do/ What We Do], PR firm website, accessed February 2013.</ref> In August 2006, it was bought by the [[WPP Group]],<ref name="PRW">Ted McKenna, [http://www.prweekus.com/wpp-group-acquires-dewey-square-group/article/55446/ WPP Group Acquires Dewey Square Group], ''PR Week'', August 17, 2006.</ref> and in 2012, WPP merged DWG into [[Hill & Knowlton|Hill+Knowlton]].<ref name="O'Dwyer">Greg Hazley, [http://www.odwyerpr.com/members/archived_stories_2012/september/0924wpp-puts-dewey-square-under-h+k.html WPP PUTS DEWEY SQUARE UNDER H+K] (sub. req'd.), ''O'Dwyer's PR'', September 24, 2012.</ref> In 2005, DSG had unaudited revenues of $12.5 million and gross assets of $2.9 million.<ref name="PRW"/> Because it is a private company, more recent figures are not readily available. The firm's key personnel are:<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1443927 Dewey Square Group, LLC: Snapshot], ''Bloomberg BusinessWeek'', accessed February 2013.</ref>

* Charles M. Campion, Co-founder, Chairman of the Board, and Principal
* [[Michael J. Whouley]], Co-Founder and Founding Partner
* Charles A. Baker III, Co-founder and Founding Partner
* John Giesser, Chief Operating Officer (former executive director of Sen. [[John Kerry]]'s Keeping America's Promise PAC and CEO of the "grassroots" technology company Spoken Hub)<ref name="NJ">Andrew Joseph, [http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/influencealley/2011/12/two-democrats-joining-dewey-square-group-01 Two Democrats Joining Dewey Square Group], ''National Journal'', December 1, 2011.</ref>
* Lynda Tocci, Principal
* Jill Alper, Principal and Head of Campaign Practice<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=1443927 Dewey Square Group, LLC: People], ''Bloomberg BusinessWeek'', accessed February 2013.</ref>
* Jason Cohen, Head of "Grassroots" Practice<ref name="O'Dwyer"/>