- Co-founder, with Jack Quinn, and co-chairman of Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a bipartisan lobbyist firm, and counsel to George W. Bush.
- Former chairman of the Republican National Committee (2003-2004).
- Senior advisor, Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.
- Graduated with a B.A. from the Catholic University of America, in 1983.
- Son of an Irish immigrant father.
- Founder of Ed Gillespie Strategies, a strategic consulting firm that provides high-level advice to companies and CEOs, coalitions and trade associations.
- Co-founder, with Karl Rove, of Crossroads GPS.
- Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia (December 2006 - June 2007).
- 2017 Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate.
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