industry government relations predecessor clark geduldig cranford & nielsen 2013 2015 clark lytle geduldig & cranford 2011 2013 ; clark lytle & geduldig 2008 2011 ; clark & associates 1999 2008 founded 1999 founder steve clark headquarters washington d.c. united states key people mike catanzaro partner steve clark partner jay cranford partner sam geduldig partner mike nielsen partner doug schwartz partner john stipicevic partner revenue 7.7 million 2015 5.8 million 2014 5.1 million 2013 4.8 million 2012 3.6 million 2011 1.9 million 2010 website cgcn.com footnotes references 1 cgcn group is an issue advocacy and lobbying firm in washington d.c. 2 the firm was formerly known as clark geduldig cranford & nielsen . contents 1 history 2 clients 3 references 4 external links history edit 1999 steve clark formed the group as clark & associates in 1999 . 3 2007 sam geduldig joined after working several years for congressman john boehner former speaker of the house congressman mike oxley former chairman of the house financial services committee and now senator roy blunt . 4 2008 gary lytle joined in 2007 after working for the telecommunications industry . 3 the firm was renamed to clark lytle & geduldig . 5 2009 the company was one of the top lobbying firms involved in the financial reform debate around 2009 2010 4 which involved laws like the dodd frank wall street reform and consumer protection act and the consumer financial protection bureau . 6 clark lytle represented more financial services clients than any other lobbying firm during that period of time . verification needed 2010 former congresswoman deborah pryce joined the firm as a strategic partner to help the firm expand into new sectors beyond financial services . pryce retired from congress in 2009 . 7 2011 in 2011 jay cranford joined the firm to build an energy and technology practice . he worked several years for speaker boehner . 8 that year the firm s name changed to clark lytle geduldig & cranford . 9 2013 nike nielsen joined the firm in 2013 . nielsen previously worked in the u.s. senate and at the bennett group . 1 later in 2013 gary lytle reduced his role at the firm . lytle transitioned to a strategic adviser role as well as his volunteer role as vice chairman of the prevent cancer foundation . 10 the firm changed its name to clark geduldig cranford & nielsen . 2014 mike catanzaro joined the firm in 2014 . catanzaro is a former aide to speaker john boehner r ohio and incoming senate environment and public works committee chair jim inhofe r ok . catanzaro also worked on environmental issues in the white house and the environmental protection agency during the george w. bush administration . 2015 doug schwartz joined the firm in 2015 . prior to joining the firm schwartz served as chief of staff for the senate republican conference . schwartz also advised sen. john thune the incoming chairman of the senate commerce committee . schwartz also possesses executive branch experience serving in both the white house and the energy department during the george w. bush administration . 2016 john stipicevic joined the firm in 2016 . most recently stipicevic served as the deputy chief of staff for floor operations and member services in the office of house majority leader kevin mccarthy r ca . in this role and during leader mccarthy s service as house whip stipicevic s specialty was working with house republican leaders and committee chairmen in counting votes on the house floor and providing informed input to the entire leadership team on the thinking and positions of the membership . he also played a key role in leadership elections . clients edit client logo industry microsoft software northern trust finance mastercard finance boeing aerospace teradata data and information smiths group engineering allstate insurance encana energy genworth financial finance loews diversified prudential financial deloitte professional services kpmg professional services bloomberg technology financial swisher international cigar beam distilled spirits whirlpool consumer products pwc professional services gm automotive ally bank finance univision media tv network tvg media tv network bridgepoint education higher education ernst & young professional services inovacare healthcare maker s mark distilled spirits grant thornton professional services united states chamber of commerce trade association business u.s. chamber institute for legal reform advocacy legal electronic payments coalition trade association finance organization for international investment trade association finance national alliance for public charter schools trade association education aicpa trade association professional services federal home loan bank of dallas finance national women s history museum nonprofit consumer credit industry association trade association finance the financial services roundtable trade association finance children s hospital association trade association healthcare streamlined sales tax governing board advocacy tax fix the debt advocacy federal budget investment company institute trade association finance sources 11 12 references edit a b k street files clark lytle thorn run add new partners . congressional quarterly news . nexis . 2 january 2013 . home page . cgcn group . washington d.c. cgcn group llc . retrieved 28 may 2014 . a b mccarthy aoife 17 september 2007 . suite talk health care boost . politico . washington d.c. capitol news company llc . retrieved 28 may 2014 . a b a rundown of the big financial services lobbyists . dealbook . the new york times . 8 june 2010 . retrieved 28 may 2014 . gary lytle . clark geduldig cranford & nielsen . washington d.c. clark geduldig cranford & nielsen llc . retrieved 2 june 2014 . rivlin gary 11 july 2011 . the billion dollar bank heist . newsweek . retrieved 28 may 2014 . palmer anna 9 aug 2010 . it s the pryce of doing business on k street . roll call . cq roll call . retrieved 2 june 2014 . mccauley kevin 1 september 2011 . koch industries taps top gop firm . dwyer s blog . retrieved 28 may 2014 . frates chris 3 october 2011 . clark lytle & geduldig changes name . national journal washington d.c. . reprinted on the clark geduldig cranford & nielsen website . retrieved 28 may 2014 . ackley kate 11 december 2013 . gary lytle begins long goodbye downtown moves . congressional quarterly news . nexis . public company search . bloomberg businessweek . bloomberg l.p. retrieved 28 may 2014 . clients . clark geduldig cranford nielsen . washington d.c. clark geduldig cranford & nielsen llc . retrieved 28 may 2014 . external links edit government portal law portal politics portal official website partners associatees clients opensecrets.org page with breakdowns of customers influence explorer shows campaign contributions the hill s 2013 top lobbyists at the hill newspaper republican lobbyists on rise again at politico retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cgcn group & oldid 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