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Dan Pero Biography
Articles by Dan Pero
Dan Pero
is President of the American Justice Partnership (AJP), a nationwide coalition
to advocate for legal reform at the state level. Mr. Pero is a leading
expert in political campaigns and issues management with more than 25
years experience in state government, grassroots organizing,
communications and public affairs. He was recently named Michigan’s
best Republican political consultant of the past 50 years by the
Michigan Political History Society.
In 2004, he was executive director of the highly successful state legal
reform effort that has since become the Foundation for Fair Civil Justice, an
affiliate of the National Manufacturers Association.
Mr. Pero served as Chief of Staff and Campaign Manager for former
three-term Michigan Governor John Engler. The legal reform successes
achieved in Michigan are widely viewed as the definitive model for legal
reform at the state level.
Mr. Pero managed the 1996 presidential campaign for former Tennessee
Governor Lamar Alexander and served as a strategist, media producer and
consultant to candidates for President of the United States, U.S. Senate
and House of Representatives and for successful ballot initiatives in
Texas and Michigan.
He was a founding partner of Sterling Corporation, a public affairs,
issues management and political consulting firm based in Lansing, MI.
His clients included a diverse range of highly-respected business
organizations, companies and political campaigns, including the Michigan
Chamber of Commerce, SBC Ameritech, Johnson Controls, Pfizer, Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Michigan and Bush-Cheney ’04.
Prior to Sterling, Mr. Pero was Managing Director of the Michigan office
of Weber-Shandwick Worldwide, the largest public relations company in
the world, where he provided clients with message development, branding,
marketing, communications and strategic counsel.
Previously, Mr. Pero served as vice-president of public affairs for
Eckerd Corporation, one of the nation’s largest retail drug store
companies, where he served as corporate spokesperson, managed government
and pharmacy relations, directed internal and external communications,
and administered Eckerd’s political action committee.
He is a member of the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees and
the Michigan Film Commission. Mr. Pero has also served as a
gubernatorial appointee to the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission, a
member of the Pontiac Stadium Building Authority, and an Adjunct
Professor at Michigan State University where he taught campaign planning
and communications. In addition, Mr. Pero is a regular contributing
author to the influential MIRS newsletter that comments daily on
Michigan politics. He earned a Bachelor of Science at Western Michigan
University and is a graduate of the Harvard School of State and Local
Executives.
If you know of or have authored an
article or report that deserves recognition among corporate and public
policy leaders, please send an email to
LegalReform@lawexec.com
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Dan Pero
American Justice Partnership
600 South Walnut
Lansing, MI 48933
517-371-7276
DPeroAJP@aol.com
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Interview!
AJP
President Pero shares his insight into the strategy behind AJP's
success.
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AJP President
Dan Pero

Pero
describes his 25 year career in political organizing
and describes how AJP brings resources to partners
to help them with legal reform in the states.
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