Albright Stonebridge Group, part of DGA Group, is a global business

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firm based in

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, United States. It was created in 2009 through the merger of international consulting firms The Albright Group, founded in 2001 by former

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Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political science, political scientist who served as the 64th United States Secretary of State, United S ...

, and Stonebridge International, founded in 2001 by former

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Sandy Berger Samuel Richard "Sandy" Berger (October 28, 1945 – December 2, 2015) was a Democratic attorney who served as the 18th US National Security Advisor for U.S. President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001 after he had served as the Deputy National Secu ...

. In 2021, Albright Stonebridge Group became a founding member of Dentons Global Advisors. Dentons Global Advisors rebranded to DGA Group in 2024. The firm advises clients on international policy and global markets. Its senior counselors include

Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born 12 April 1948) is a German former politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 200 ...

James Steinberg James Braidy Steinberg (born May 7, 1953) is an American academic administrator and former diplomat, who served as the United States deputy secretary of state during the Obama administration. He has been the dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of ...

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Carla Anderson Hills Carla Anderson Hills (born January 3, 1934) is an American lawyer and former government official. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, she previously served as the 5th United States secretary of housing and urban dev ...

, and

Thomas R. Pickering Thomas Reeve Pickering (born November 5, 1931) is a former American diplomat. Among his many appointments, he served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992. Early life and education Born in Orange, New Jersey, Pickering is ...

. Several firm alumni joined the presidential administration of

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in 2021. The high concentration of officials entering from ASG and a relatively small number of similar firms worried some progressives over possible corporate influence on the administration.

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