 In January 2000 , Ferraro and Lynn Martin — a former Republican Congresswoman and U.S. Secretary of Labor who had played Ferraro in George H. W. Bush 's debate preparations in 1984 — co @-@ founded , and served as co @-@ presidents of , G & L Strategies , a management consulting firm underneath Weber McGinn . Its goal was to advise corporations on how to develop more women leaders and make their workplaces more amenable to female employees . G & L Strategies subsequently became part of Golin Harris International . In June 2003 , Ferraro was made executive vice president and managing director of the public affairs practice of the Global Consulting Group , an international investor relations and corporate communications component of Huntsworth . There she worked with corporations , non @-@ profit organizations , state governments and political figures . She continued there as a senior advisor working about two days a month . 
