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Grassroots Enterprise 'Grassroots Dream Team' Expands;

Half a Dozen Staff Members Added, Promoted

For Immediate Release
December 07, 2005

Contact:
John Hlinko, 202-741-3798
John.Hlinko@grassroots.com

WASHINGTON, DC -- In the largest single growth spurt of the firm's five-year history, Grassroots Enterprise, a public affairs firm specializing in high-impact ways to recruit, retain and mobilize stakeholders, today announced that it has added or promoted half a dozen staff members over the last few weeks.

"The Grassroots dream team continues to grow," said Arvind Rajan, GRE president. "And keeping with the GRE tradition, our new members span the spectrum when it comes to breadth of experience and partisan flavor."

New hires and promotions include:

-- Anne Champlin: Promoted to vice president of client services, after providing client management to many of the firm's largest and most important clients;

-- Kimberly Breslin: Joining Grassroots as a director of strategic programs, Breslin is a former fundraiser with the Republican Congressional Committee, and senior brand marketing manager with Capitol One;

-- Kevin O'Neill: The former executive director of the American Association of Political Consultants joins GRE as a senior client manager;

-- Ali Cherry: Ali joins as client manager from the National Partnership for Women & Families, where she helped manage their web and advocacy programs;

-- Matthew Bradley: GRE's new web developer is a former web developer with the AARP, and web coordinator with the Nader for President campaign;

-- Allie Eichenbaum: A former fundraiser with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Allie joins as a client support specialist.

About Grassroots Enterprise

Founded in 1999, Grassroots Enterprise is a bipartisan public affairs firm that specializes in merging online advocacy technology with communications strategy to recruit, educate and mobilize client stakeholder networks. Its programs help clients shape public opinion, build and strengthen relationships with key stakeholder groups (e.g., employees, members, volunteers, shareholders, retirees), and generate outreach from stakeholders to key decision makers and the media to advance their public affairs agenda.

Grassroots Enterprise, Inc. has offices in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. For more information, contact: John Hlinko by email at john.hlinko@grassroots.com or by phone at 202-741-3798. The company Web site address is: http://www.grassroots.com.