The company was founded in 2001 by former White House and Democratic Party campaign officials Carter Eskew, Michael Feldman, Joe Lockhart, and Chip Smith.
[4] The firm provides integrated strategic communications and advocacy services to corporations, non-profit organizations, trade associations, governments and issue and industry coalitions.
[4] Notable clients have included the National Football League,[5] Pfizer, the United States Telecom Association,[3] Visa, the Alliance for Climate Protection,[6] Microsoft, the Saudi government, and Verizon Wireless.
[21] In March 2010, Toyota hired The Glover Park Group to handle the response to a recall of more than eight million of its vehicles due to faulty accelerator pedals.
[30] Also in 2005, The firm was hired by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office to build relationships between Taiwan and members of the media and policy makers in the United States.
In January 2002, The Glover Park Group produced a television commercial for Diageo PLC, advertising its Smirnoff vodka brand while promoting social responsibility and designated driving.
[40] In May 2002, The Glover Park Group produced a national advertisement campaign for tire safety, funded by the settlement of a lawsuit brought against Bridgestone and its subsidiary, Firestone, by all 50 U.S.
[41] In early 2003, the company opened a New York office, led by Howard Wolfson, who had previously been executive director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
[43] In January 2005, The Glover Park Group opened a legislative affairs practice, which is headed by Joel Johnson, the former senior advisor for policy and communications for Bill Clinton.
[44] Also in 2008, The Glover Park Group, which had been staffed largely by Democrats since its foundation, hired Republican strategist Kevin Madden as its senior vice president of public affairs.
In 2022 during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Glover Park Group was noted in the media for its representation of the United Arab Emirates as part of a public relations engagement.