Adam Falkoff
Mr. Falkoff is President and a Principal of the firm. He provides strategic and legislative counsel to Presidents and Prime Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, Ambassadors, non-governmental organizations, multi-national corporations, venture funded companies, foundations, and individuals successfully helping clientele understand, anticipate and navigate the complex public policy environment. While also working with domestic clientele, Mr. Falkoff was the co-founder of the Quinn Gillespie & Associates (QGA) International Practice. His former colleague, Ed Gillespie serves as Counselor to the President – the President of the United States' most senior advisor. In 2007, Mr. Falkoff was named, in Washington Life Magazine’s Power 100 as Gillespie’s protégé and a rising ‘K Street’ star.
Mr. Falkoff has worked on a variety of domestic and international issues involving telecommunications, technology, transportation, defense, educational institutions, traditional and alternative energy, financial services, health care, insurance, and the environment for clients including AT&T, BHP Billiton, Coca-Cola, De Beers, General Electric Corporation, Intel Corporation, Merck & Co., Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Qualcomm, Sony Corporation, U.S. Trust Corporation, Unilever, Verizon and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to joining QGA, Mr. Falkoff served as the Vice President of Government Affairs for The Gilman Group working with Former Chairman of the U.S. House International Relations Committee, Ben Gilman, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairman Cass Ballenger and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Phil Crane. Before joining The Gilman Group, Mr. Falkoff served as the Senior Director of Government Affairs for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), lobbying the Congress and the Administration on behalf of over 2,000 corporations. Prior to CEA, he worked with American Express, and at McKinsey & Co. He served U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato, U.S. Senator Bob Dole and the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
Mr. Falkoff has been an invited guest speaker, panelist, and moderator on a wide range of public policy related topics and has been quoted and/or appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Palm Beach Post, Politico, Roll Call, The Hill, The Washington Diplomat, Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter, Capitol File, Washington Life, National Journal, Technology Law Journal, Appliance Magazine, and The Opportunist Magazine.
Mr. Falkoff received a B.A. from Duke University and both an M.B.A. and M.I.M. (Master of International Management) from the Thunderbird School of Global Management on an academic scholarship. During his graduate studies, he served as an assistant to former Vice President Dan Quayle. Mr. Falkoff also holds a Certificate in International Law from the University of Salzburg, Institute on International Legal Studies in Salzburg, Austria. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and guest lecturer Justice John Stevens instructed these studies.