As Managing Director of West Utilities, Mr. Quinn is responsible for the financial performance and growth of owned utility assets in the Western U.S. market.

Mr. Quinn's long career with SouthWest Water began in 1970, when he signed on with the company’s largest utility, Suburban Water, as a meter reader. After receiving a bachelor's degree in business management from California State University at Fullerton, he moved into Suburban's accounting department and worked his way up to the position of controller/treasurer in 1981. In 1985, Mr. Quinn left Suburban to become president of ECO Resources, Inc., one of SouthWest Water's contract services subsidiaries. In 1992, he returned to Suburban to assume the role of chief operating officer and, in 1996, president.

Among his water industry affiliations, Mr. Quinn is past president of the National Association of Water Companies and the California Water Association, and serves on the boards of Covina Irrigating Company and the California Domestic Water Company. He also is past chairman of the Citrus Valley Health Foundation board.