John
Peter Olinger, Senior Vice President
of Downey McGrath Group, Inc.,
advises clients on health,
trade, environmental and
social welfare policy as well
as the development and
implementation of grassroots
advocacy strategies.
Drawing on his Congressional
staff experience, John has successfully
represented the Healthcare
Association of New York State,
the American Society of
Anesthesiologists and the
National Association of
Community Health Centers in
legislative and regulatory
Medicare and Medicaid issues.
John led the Downey McGrath
team in our successful campaign
on behalf of Fuji Photo Film
USA in its trade dispute with
Kodak. He organized
Fujifilm's employee advocacy
program that brought local
facility employees to
Washington to meet with their
Senators and
Representatives. He
organized DuPont's effort to
reach out to the international
hunger and development
community to build support for
the introduction of
genetically modified
organisms. He assisted
Philip Brothers Chemicals in
removing Japanese restrictions
on an animal pharmaceutical
product vital to the poultry
industry and secured numerous
appropriations for further
research on the use of the
product in wildlife population
control.
John worked for Congressman
Tom Downey from 1984 to 1993
as press secretary, chief of
staff and staff director of
the Subcommittee on Human
Services of the House Select
Committee on Aging. |
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He
worked on the Omnibus Trade
Act of 1988, the U.S.- Israel
Free Trade Agreement, the
U.S.- Canada Free Trade
Agreement, the Caribbean Basin
Initiative and the Generalized
System of Preferences.
John worked closely with the
motion picture, publishing and
recording industries in the
drafting and passage of the
Special 301 provision
expanding intellectual
property protection. He
also worked on special tariff
legislation affecting textiles
and apparel, artistic goods
and electronic transmission
equipment.
In 1992, John was a member of
the Health and Human Services
Clinton/Gore transition
team. In 1996 and 2000,
he was a member of the debate
preparation team for Vice
President Al Gore.
During 2003 and 2004, John
acted as a trade policy
advisor to the presidential
campaign of Governor Howard
Dean.
John currently advises a
number of senior citizen and
community development and
advocacy organizations.
He sits on the Board of
Directors of Safe Shores,
D.C.'s Child Advocacy Center,
and the Rainbow History
Project. He is an
advisor to the Board of The
Center for Social Gerontology
and was a member of the U.S.
Committee for the United
Nations International Year of
Older Persons and a director
of the National Meals on
Wheels Program.
John began his Washington
career on the national staff
of Bread for the World as a
trade policy analyst. He
holds a Ph.D. from the State
University of New York and
lectured on economic history
and underdevelopment at Bayero
University in Kano, Nigeria
from 1974 to 1978. He
has published articles and
reviews in the Review of
African Political Economy,
History Today, National
Catholic Reporter and the
Journal of Elder Abuse and
Neglect. |
