Ms Quinn began her academic journey at Virginia College where she earned an Associate of Applied Science in information technology in 1994. She obtained her certification as a traffic control supervisor from the American Traffic Safety Service Association. Ms. Quinn capped her scholarship with studies at National Business College in 2005 where she graduated with a with a Bachelor of Business Administration. She plans to earn a professional engineering degree in the future.  

Learning foundational skills, Ms. Quinn began her career with a youth program. She then worked at a signs shop on the Blue Ridge Parkway creating signs for the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Virginia Department of Transportation. She developing work zone safety policies, procedures and training. With more than 40 years of experience, Ms. Quinn has worked in the department as a flagger; sign fabricator; highway maintenance worker; work zone traffic control coordinator; and assistant state work zone safety coordinator between 1993 and 2018.

Ms. Quinn is a road design standard engineer and attributes her success to her desire to consistently improve. She also credits her administrators for her success with their support and guidance. A testament to her professionalism, Ms. Quinn received the prestigious American Traffic Safety Service Association’s National Safety Award in 2021 and the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Commission Award of Excellence in 1994.