John Quinlan

Background

About John Quinlan

As President of Q Solutions, LLC, I continue to offer a diverse range of skills and experiences to any job requiring advanced communications, strategic planning and coordination skills, and I have access to a strong network of professionals with complementary skills for larger projects. I bring the benefit of my experiences as executive director and board president in multiple positions to my organizational development work. This is in addition to a diverse range of positions as a print and broadcast journalist, a cultural competency trainer, and public relations specialist. I fuse this social justice/cultural competency work with new communications technologies, including work with oral histories and social media. In 2015, building on my communications work at Q Solutions, I founded "Voices in Support of Community," which promotes the effective and inclusive use of storytelling and oral histories to advance social justice and social change. This work encompasses a wide range of projects in multiple media, including the award-winning TV and radio program,"Forward Forum, and associated projects. I've served as a leader in the United Nations Association-USA,(past Dane County and Wisconsin president, and emeritus member of the National Council). I've been a longtime advocate for civil rights, and received the city of Madison's ML King Humanitarian Award.(I've stepped away from most of my board leadership roles in recent years in order to focus fully on my work.) I host and produce my Forward Forum TV/radio/podcast shows at the Sun Prairie (Wi) Media Center as a means of getting new voices and perspectives out into the world. Specialties and areas of expertise: Communications, Multi-Media Presentations, Agent/Manager, Strategic Organizational Development, Event Coordination, Cultural Competency, Conflict Resolution, and Fundraising/Grantwriting.