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Patrick H. Quinn is a principal at The Accord Group, Inc., a government relations consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Quinn has more than 25 years of Washington experience in both the private and public sectors. For the past eighteen years his concentration has been on environmental policy. As Associate Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency during the first Bush Administration (1989-93), Mr. Quinn served as Administrator William Reilly�s principal advisor on political and congressional affairs. He was responsible for managing the EPA�s relations with the Congress during consideration of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. Prior to that, he served as Chief of Staff to the EPA Deputy Administrator, the agency�s second ranking official. Mr. Quinn also served as Executive Assistant to the Deputy of Secretary of Agriculture during the Reagan Administration. He specializes in legislative and regulatory issues under the jurisdiction of EPA, the Energy Department, and other federal agencies. Mr. Quinn consults on matters of national pesticide policy with a number of leading consumer products manufacturers, with a particular emphasis on antimicrobial and biological pesticides. He was involved with EPA and other stakeholders in shaping portions of the 1996 FQPA amendments, and continues to work on registration process reform with EPA and his clients. Mr. Quinn began his career on the staff of the late Senator John H. Chafee (R-RI) in 1978 after graduating from the University of Virginia with distinction earlier in the year. | 