Erie Community College, State University of New York

In April 2008, Jack Quinn joined ECC as its tenth president.

Quinn came to ECC from Cassidy & Associates, a leading government relations firm located in Washington D.C.  He previously served as a Congressman for the 27th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993-2004 representing a majority of the Western New York area, including Chautauqua County. He was also Supervisor of the Town of Hamburg from 1984-1992. Quinn taught English at Orchard Park Middle School from 1973-1983.

Quinn graduated from Bishop Timon High School in South Buffalo, NY in 1969. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English Education from Siena College and a master’s degree in English Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Prior to coming to ECC, Quinn was director of the Program on Science in the Public Interest at Georgetown University; director of fundraising of the American Ireland Fund; trustee, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust; corporate advisory board member of the So Others May Eat program and was a board director of the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation.