Cameron Quinn is an American lawyer, professor, and government official. She was appointed by President Donald Trump as Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the United States Department of Homeland Security and took office on September 20, 2017. Quinn previously served in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Agriculture, as a senior policy advisor in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, as counsel to the Chairman of the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, and as an assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has also served on the Virginia State advisory committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.[1][2][3]
Cameron Quinn | |
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| Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the United States Department of Homeland Security | |
| Assumed office September 20, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
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| Education | University of Florida University of Virginia University of Virginia School of Law |
Quinn has served as Virginia's chief state election official, the United States elections advisor for International Foundation for Electoral Systems, and in the Federal Voting Assistance Program at the United States Department of Defense. She also spent several years in private practice at the law firm of Winston & Strawn. Quinn has taught election law for over a decade at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Appoint Cameron Quinn as Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland Security". The White House. August 15, 2017. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Caplan, David (August 15, 2017). "Trump makes civil rights-related appointment to Dept. of Homeland Security". ABC News. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ Quinn, Cameron (26 September 2017). "Department of Homeland Security>About DHS>Leadership>Cameron Quinn>". Retrieved 5 May 2020.
