Mike Gill biography: 13 things about University of Dayton alum

Michael “Mike” Gill is an American attorney who earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio, United States. He earned his master’s degree from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and juris doctorate at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., USA.

Gill held a top secret security clearance. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He and his wife Kristina Gill have three children together.
2. From 1991 to 1992, he was a legislative correspondent in the office of John C. Danforth, who served as a U.S. senator from Missouri, USA from December 27, 1976 to January 3, 1995.
3. In 1992, he served as the deputy director of the campaign committee of George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle, who served as the 41st U.S. president and 44th U.S. vice president, respectively, from January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993.
4. From June 1993 to August 1997, he was a press secretary and a legislative aide of Paul Gillmor, who served as the U.S. representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from January 3, 1989 to September 5, 2007.
5. From August 1997 to August 2000, he was an executive director at Ripon Education Fund, a nonpartisan nonprofit seeking cooperation between the U.S. and Europe.
6. From August 2000 to July 2003, he was the vice president of legislative affairs of American Frozen Food Institute in McLean, Virginia, USA.
7. From July 2004 to October 2016, he was a Crowell & Moring LLP counsel in Washington, D.C.
8. In 2016, he was appointed to be the Republican on the board of elections of Washington, D.C. He served three terms until July 2020.
9. From October 2016 to November 2019, he was the chief of staff to J. Christopher Giancarlo, the 13th chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington, D.C.
10. From January 2017 to July 2019, he was the CFTC chief operating officer.
11. From January 2020 to November 2021, he was the senior vice president of Common Securitization Solutions in Bethesda, Maryland.
12. In November 2021, he joined the Housing Policy Council in Washington, D.C. as a senior vice president.
13. At around 5:45 p.m. on January 29, 2024, he was shot by a carjacker while inside his car on K Street in Washington, D.C. He is currently critically ill. The carjacker was fatally shot by two police officers in New Carrolton, Maryland after targeting another driver on January 30, 2024.

#UPDATE – Former GOP Rep. on DC Board of Elections, Mike Gill, is in critical condition.
He was shot along 9th and K Streets NW at 5:45p yday — when suspect jumped in his car, shot him and ran.
Sources tell @deliangoncalves, Gill was picking up his wife at City Center. @WUSA9 pic.twitter.com/OyDAh0TnKT

— Lorenzo Hall (@LorenzoHall) January 31, 2024