About QGA
Founded in 2000 by Democratic White House veteran Jack Quinn and Republican strategist Ed Gillespie, QGA is credited as the first bipartisan firm to integrate government relations and strategic communications services.
Today, the firm is one of Washington’s premier public affairs practices, servicing the health care, clean technology, energy, financial services, transportation, education, telecommunications, insurance and high-tech industry sectors. The firm roster includes people who served as White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, General Counsel to Republican Leader John Boehner, Chief of Staff to SEC Chairman Bill Donaldson, Chief Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Chief of Staff to former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Chief of Staff to Sen. Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia, top spokesperson for House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Senate Democratic Policy Committee under Tom Daschle, and Communications Director for the House Natural Resources Committee. Others members of the QGA team have similarly strong backgrounds in politics, the media and private sector.
Recognized as one of the country’s most influential and effective public affairs firms, QGA and its members are consistently featured by publications like The Washington Post, Fortune, Politico, National Journal, CQ-Roll Call, New York Times and The Hill. The firm’s leadership are frequent political commentators on television and radio.
Quinn Gillespie & Associates is part of the WPP family of companies; one of the world’s largest communications services groups, employing 110,000 people working in over 2,000 offices in 106 countries.