Griffin & Associates

Janice Griffin is President, Griffin and Associates, a government relations and political consulting firm.   Prior to launching Griffin and Associates in 1999, Ms. Griffin was Vice President, Government Relations for Prudential Financial.  

Griffin and Associates’ clients have included Prudential Financial, MetLife, Bellsouth, 3M, Verizon Wireless, IDX Corporation, Pepsico, PG&E Corporation, the Democratic National Committee, and the Newark Museum.

Ms. Griffin is a veteran political strategist. Ms. Griffin is Co-Chair of the Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF) of the Democratic National Committee.  She is a super delegate of the Democratic National Convention.  She also serves on the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee.

Howard Dean has appointed Ms. Griffin to the Credentials Committee of the 2008 Democratic Convention.

From October 2001 to December 2002, she volunteered as CEO of Vice President Al Gore’s political action committee, Leadership 02.  In this role, she worked directly with Vice President Gore and consulted on his political and public activities.  Ms. Griffin was Secretary, Gore/Lieberman 2000.

In 1999, President Bill Clinton appointed Ms. Griffin to the White House Fellowships Commission. She served as a Commissioner until 2001.
Senator Tom Daschle appointed Ms. Griffin to the Board of the Congressional Award Foundation in 1996.

Ms. Griffin is a founding member and Secretary of the Congressional Black Institute.  She also serves on the board of the Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee.  

Ms. Griffin is a graduate of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.