Quinn Gillespie & Associates (QGA) was an American lobbying and communications firm founded in 2000 by Republican political strategist Ed Gillespie and Democratic operative Jack Quinn.^[1] It was sold in 2004 to WPP, one of the world's largest communications services groups, and ceased operations in December 2017.

Management

• Jack Quinn, co-founder and chairman, former counsel to President Bill Clinton and former chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore
• Ed Gillespie, former RNC Chairman, White House Communications Director and candidate for senator and governor in Virginia.
• John David "Dave" Hoppe, president, former chief of staff to then-Senate Majority Leader, U.S. Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)
• John Feehery, former spokesman for Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, Rep. Tom Delay and Rep. Bob Michel, and former SVP of communications and public policy at the MPAA
• Jim Manley, senior director, Communications and Government Affairs

Democrats

• Michael Hussey, Served as chief of staff and chief federal lobbyist for the American Resort Development Association
• Bonnie Hogue Duffy, former legislative assistant to Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Senate Democratic Policy Committee
• Ambassador 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 Group
• Manuel Ortiz, national finance vice chairman and co-chair of the Hispanic Steering Committee for Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign
• Rick Shapiro, Formerly executive vice president of public affairs for CEMEX's U.S. operations
• Stephanie 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 and staff for Chairman William H. Donaldson (R-NY) at the Securities & Exchange Commission

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 (later House Majority Leader)
• 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

The annual Flak Bash^[2] honors D.C.'s most daring and verbally agile communicators.