Quinn Gillespie & Associates


Quinn Gillespie & Associates was an American lobbying and communications firm founded in 2000 by [United States United States Republican Party|Republican Party|Republican] political strategist Ed Gillespie and [United States United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party|Democratic] operative Jack Quinn. It was sold in 2004 to WPP, one of the world's largest communications services groups, and ceased operations in December 2017.

Staff

Management
Democrats
Republicans
  • Drew Cole
  • Elizabeth Hogan, previously worked for the Bush administration and the Republican National Committee
  • Marc 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
  • David R. Lugar, former director of congressional affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • Harriet James Melvin, Previously served as vice president for federal government affairs for Circuit City Stores and CarMax
Communications
  • Susan Garman Kranias, former managing director and member of the public affairs leadership team at Burson-Marsteller
  • Virginia Hume, former managing director at BMSG Worldwide
  • Pat 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 bureau
  • Matthew Dornic, Vice President at CNN
  • Christopher Brown, former journalist and producer of FOX's America's Most Wanted
  • Ashley Prime, previously worked for the Republican National Committee

Events

The annual Flak Bash honors D.C.'s most daring and verbally agile communicators.