{"id":2645,"date":"2023-04-28T10:53:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T17:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/?page_id=2645"},"modified":"2024-10-17T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T23:34:34","slug":"patrick-griffin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/fellows-program\/former-fellows\/patrick-griffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Griffin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--scrolling-text-with-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--scrolling-text-with-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n\n          \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/04\/pat-griffin-headshot-web-768x1024.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/center-for-political-future\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/135\/2023\/04\/pat-griffin-headshot-web-768x1024.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"CPF Former Visiting Fellow Patrick Griffin Headshot\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n  \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Center for the Political Future<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Fall 2019 Visiting Fellow\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Patrick Griffin is the Founding Partner and CEO of Merrimack Potomac + Charles (MP+C), one of New England&#8217;s leading integrated public affairs and strategic communications firms.<\/p>\n<p>During his over 35 years working in strategic communications, Griffin&#8217;s clients have been some of the largest consumer brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Anheuser Busch, and McDonald&#8217;s. Prior to launching MP+C, Griffin was the Founding Partner and CEO of Griffin York &amp; Krause, now GYK\/Antler, a full-service advertising, brand building, and digital marketing firm. He has also served as the Managing Partner of Purple Strategies&#8217; New England office.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin has also worked as a Republican media consultant to four U.S. presidential campaigns: President George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander and Governor Mitt Romney. During the 2016 election cycle, he served as a Senior Advisor to New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu&#8217;s successful gubernatorial campaign and as a consultant to Governor Jeb Bush&#8217;s Right to Rise USA PAC. Additionally, Griffin has been involved with numerous U.S. Senate and Congressional campaigns and retained as a media consultant by both the National Republican Senatorial and Congressional Campaign Committees.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin has regularly appeared on regional and national television as a political analyst for MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, CBS News and NPR. 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