Cassidy & Associates

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Cassidy & Associates is a government-relations firm based in Washington, DC, known for pioneering the use of congressional earmarks as a method of obtaining grants for university clients. It was founded in 1975 as Schlossberg-Cassidy Associates by Gerald Cassidy and Kenneth Schlossberg, both former aides to Sen. George McGovern. Cassidy today remains CEO of the firm, both of which will profiled in a 2007 series in the Washington Post. Other principal officers include president Jack Quinn and vice chairmen Marty Russo and Gregg Hartley.

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