Quinn Gillespie & Associates (QGA) is an American bipartisan lobbying and communications firm founded in 2000 by Republican political strategist Ed Gillespie and Democratic operative Jack Quinn. It was sold in 2004 to WPP, one of the world's largest communications services groups.
It was one of the first government relations firms in Washington to employ professionals of both political parties. Ed Gillespie, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee and Jack Quinn, former White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, founded the firm along with former co-chairman Jeff Connaughton [1].
Since 2003, QGA has been in the top 10 of DC lobbying firms by revenues.
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Jack Quinn, Co-founder and chairman, Former Counsel to President Bill Clinton and Former Chief of Staff to Vice President Al GoreJohn David "Dave" Hoppe, President, Former Chief of Staff to then-Senate Majority Leader, U.S. Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)Democrats
Michael Hussey, Served as Chief of Staff and Chief Federal Lobbyist for the American Resort Development AssociationBonnie Hogue Duffy, Former legislative assistant to Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Senate Democratic Policy CommitteeAmbassador Ralph R. Johnson (ret.)Kevin Kayes, Former Chief Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)Nick Maduros, Worked as an attorney in Arnold & Porter's Public Policy Practice GroupManuel Ortiz, Most recently served as National Finance Vice Chairman and Co-Chair of the Hispanic Steering Committee for Senator John Kerry’s presidential campaign [2]Rick Shapiro, Formerly executive vice president of public affairs for CEMEX's U.S. operationsStephanie Sutton, Served as New York Finance Director for then-Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-20)Patrick Von Bargen, Former Chief of Staff to Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Managing Executive for Policy & Staff for Chairman William H. Donaldson (R-NY) at the Securities & Exchange CommissionRepublicans
Drew ColeElizabeth Hogan, Previously worked for the Bush Administration and the Republican National CommitteeMarc Lampkin, Previously served in a variety of roles with the Bush for President campaign and was formerly the General Counsel to then-House Republican Conference Chairman John Boehner (now House Majority Leader)David R. Lugar, Former Director of Congressional Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of CommerceHarriet James Melvin, Previously served Vice President for Federal Government Affairs for Circuit City Stores and CarMaxCommunications
Susan Garman Kranias, Former Managing Director and member of the public affairs leadership team at Burson-MarstellerVirginia Hume, Former Managing Director at BMSG WorldwidePat McMurray, Worked as a writer-producer on a political talk show at MSNBC, a news editor and writer at The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and a news writer at CNN's Washington bureauMatthew Dornic, who also writes the FishbowlDC blog for MediaBistro.comChristopher Brown, a former producer of America's Most WantedAshley Prime, Previously worked for the Republican National CommitteeQGA's annual Flak Bash [3] honors D.C.’s most daring and verbally agile communicators
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[4] Capital File Magazine, Summer 2009[5] The Hill's 20 Questions[6] BusinessWeek Special Report "Obama's Business Report Card"1133 Connecticut Avenue NW 5th Floor Washington DC, 20036 Phone: 202-457-1110 Fax: 202-457-1130
