K Street Files: Melvin Hangs Shingle

• By Anna Palmer and Bennett Roth
• Roll Call Staff
• Jan. 19, 2010, Midnight

Harriet Melvin, a longtime lobbyist at Quinn Gillespie & Associates, has launched her own operation, the Capitol Group. Melvin had been with QGA almost since its inception in 2000. Prior to Quinn Gillespie, Melvin headed the Circuit City/CarMax Washington, D.C., office and spent five years at the National Federation of Independent Business.