Brennan Gilmore

Brennan M. Gilmore
Gilmore performs at Solly's Tavern in Washington, D.C. June 25, 2010
United States Foreign Service Officer
In office
2002–2016
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Personal details
Born
Brennan Michael Gilmore

1979 (age 44–45)
CitizenshipUnited States of America
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceCismont, Virginia
EducationUniversity of Virginia
Professionrural workforce development
AwardsSecretary of State's Award for Public Outreach 2006
Websitecleanvirginia.org

Brennan Gilmore (born 1979) is a musician and former United States Foreign Service Officer. As a musician and bandleader he has originated and performed in a number of musical groups. He was raised in Lexington, Virginia and attended the University of Virginia, studying international relations as an Echols Scholar, graduating in 2001.[1] He currently resides near Charlottesville, Virginia.[2]

Gilmore served as chief of staff for Tom Perriello's campaign for governor in Virginia.[3] He currently serves as senior director for Clean Virginia, and works in rural workforce development, bringing IT opportunities to "underserved communities" in rural Virginia.[4] He teaches as adjunct faculty at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.[5]

Gilmore was present for a protest rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, that turned violent.[6] His film of a car ramming participants led to accusations and threats,[7] damages for some of which he is now suing in court.[8]

  1. ^ "Echols Scholars Program Alumni Class of 2001 | Undergraduate, U.Va". college.as.virginia.edu. Retrieved March 18, 2018. I passed my foreign service exams, and am awaiting security clearance, so most likely next year I'll be a foreign service officer. In the meantime I'm paying the bills as a professional bluegrass musician.
  2. ^ Woodruff, Judy (August 23, 2017). "He was a witness in Charlottesville. Then the death threats and conspiracy theories began". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved March 19, 2018. I began filming when from behind me I heard a vehicle accelerating very quickly. I turned and saw the vehicle in question come down Forest [sic] Street at a very high rate of speed. It went over a median area, and then barreled into the crowd, sending bodies flying everywhere.
  3. ^ "Tom Perriello announces staff for gubernatorial campaign". Augusta Free Press. February 7, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2018. Chief of Staff – Brennan Gilmore - A Lexington, Va., native and UVA graduate, Brennan will serve as the campaign's chief of staff, advising Tom on strategy and planning. A career Foreign Service Officer, Brennan previously served in diplomatic posts across Africa and in the State Department in Washington, before being Tom's top aide as U.S. Envoy to the African Great Lakes Region. He is also an accomplished bluegrass musician.
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  5. ^ Waltemyer, Katelyn (November 16, 2017). "New course looks at the role of protests in democracy". The Breeze. Retrieved March 19, 2018. Professor Beitzel discussed the idea and I absolutely loved it, so then we began to build the class together and Radford became very interested, so we will be teaching it as a joint class together.
  6. ^ McCausland, Phil; Saliba, Emmanuelle (August 13, 2017). "One dead, others hurt after car strikes crowd at Charlottesville rally". NBC News. Retrieved March 19, 2018. It was very clearly intentional. From the far end of the street it accelerated, slowed down right before the crowd and then slammed on the gas through the crowd sending bodies flying. And then it reversed back into the street dragging bodies and clothes.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Weiner, Rachel; Ohlheiser, Abby (March 13, 2018). "The conspiracy theorists attacked him. He's fighting back in court". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 19, 2018. We don't think the First Amendment protects blatantly defamatory speech that inspires violence and hatred of victims of terrorist attacks and mass shootings.