founded 2004 founder bob squier william knapp headquarters washington dc new york new york albany new york los angeles website skdknick.com skdknickerbocker is a progressive public affairs and political consulting firm that specializes in working for democratic party politicians . it has offices in washington dc new york city los angeles ca and albany new york . 1 the firm employs notable figures like former obama white house communications director anita dunn bill burton and hilary rosen . 2 3 contents 1 history 2 political consulting and communications 3 references 4 external links history edit the firm was formed in 2004 through the merger of squier knapp dunn communications and knickerbocker consulting . they formalized the merger in 2010 taking the name skdknickerbocker . 4 skdk s political clients have included barack obama andrew cuomo michael bloomberg and christine quinn . 5 the firm was reportedly hired by women s rights and birth control advocate sandra fluke . 6 the firm s current and former public affairs clients include the rockefeller foundation at & t facebook girls who code novo foundation the human rights campaign the center for reproductive rights the new american leaders project and the obama presidential library . in october 2015 the firm was acquired by the stagwell group of which mark penn is the principal for an estimated 75 million . 7 7 8 political consulting and communications edit skdknickerbocker provides political consulting services to political candidates campaigns and issue advocacy groups . 9 skdknickerbocker describes itself as a full service public affairs practice that offers crisis communications branding marketing media training digital social media advice speech writing and message development . 10 ben white of politico wrote in an april 2014 email blast that an unnamed senior democrat said that it s an open secret in the dem consultant community that skd has been signing up clients based on perceived white house access tied to prior relationships and employment . 3 11 conservative website national review online noted that rosen s name appears frequently on the white house visitor log . 12 however the firm does not meet the standard legal definition of lobbying 13 and is not registered to lobby the federal government . 14 references edit about us . skdknickerbocker . weinger mackenzie april 12 2012 . 10 things about hilary rosen . politico . a b fang lee april 13 2012 . the real hilary rosen scandal . the nation . haberman maggie april 12 2010 . knickerbocker consulting firm to become skdknickerbocker . new york post . rubinstein dana april 12 2012 . between christine quinn and hilary rosen an unusually loud week for quiet skd knickerbocker . capital new york . o reilly bill march 8 2012 . factor investigation ex obama official running sandra fluke bill o reilly fox nation . fox news . a b gelles david october 8 2015 . mark penn s stagwell group will acquire skdknickerbocker . the new york times . pace richard d 8 oct 2015 . skd knickerbocker sells to stagwell group for up to 75 million dollars . everythingpr . skdknickerbocker political consulting . skdknickerbocker . skdknickerbocker strategic communications . skdknickerbocker . morrissey ed april 13 2012 . awww rosen declines spot on meet the press . hot air . geraghty jim april 12 2012 . hilary rosen frequent white house visitor . national review online . fang lee april 13 2012 . the real hilary rosen scandal . republic report . skdknickerbocker open secrets . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title skdknickerbocker & oldid 729503034 categories political consulting firmspublic relations companies based in washington d.c.progressivism in the united statesliberalism in the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 july 2016 at 16 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view