Glen Gilmore
Encyclopedia
Glen D. Gilmore is the principal of the Social Media Marketing firm, Gilmore Business Network http://GilmoreBusinessNetwork.com. A practicing attorney http://LawOfficeofGlenDGilmore.com, Gilmore also serves as the Senior Social Media Advisor to Memphis-based Howell Marketing. http://www.howell-marketing.com/Glen-Gilmore. He is also an adjunct professor http://linkedin.com/in/glendgilmore with Rutgers University http://Rutgers.edu where he teaches Social Media Law and Privacy & Security in Digital Marketing. He is also instructor in Crisis Leadership with the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center at Texas A&M University. http://NERRTC.org
Gilmore served as Mayor of Hamilton Township
, in Mercer County
, New Jersey
, United States
, as well as the South Brunswick New Jersey Municipal Prosecutor http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3697/is_200108/ai_n8954302/. He also served as the Chief Legislative Aide to a member of the New Jersey State Assembly Legislative. http://www.politickernj.com/tags/glen-gilmore
after graduating from high school and underwent basic training at Fort Knox
immediately upon graduation from high school. He graduated from the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning
. He then attended Rutgers University
for his undergraduate studies and Widener University School of Law
.
Gilmore served as Mayor of Hamilton Township, New Jersey
from November 1999, when he won election in his first attempt at public office. He succeeded former Hamilton mayor, Jack Rafferty. He won re-election in 2003 and served a second term. On November 6, 2007, Gilmore lost his bid for a third term to John Bencivengo.
He was serving as mayor during the 2001 anthrax attacks
when the regional postal facility located in the community received and distributed anthrax-tainted letters. Gilmore was featured in TIME
magazine for having established an emergency treatment clinic to care for more than 1,000 postal workers who had been exposed to the potentially-deadly anthrax substance. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001139,00.html
Gilmore has served as President of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Brownfields Association and Chairman of the New Jersey League of Municipalities Economic Development Task Force. http://www.njslom.org/documents/BrownfieldArticle.pdf
In 2006, Gilmore participated in the by-invitation-only Environmental Summit hosted by Academy Award winner Robert Redford at the actor's Sundance Preserve in Utah. http://usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/11_20_06/pg4_sundance_mayors.asp http://www.sundancesummit.com/press/2006_press/trenton.pdf
In 2007, Gilmore testified before the New Jersey General Assembly
in support of "Global Warming Response Act" legislation. http://www.njstatelib.org/digit/p777/p7772007c.pdf
As mayor, Gilmore was also a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition
, a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston
Mayor Thomas Menino
and New York City
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
.
On March 28, 2007, Gilmore announced that he would seek a third term in office, and would face Republican Party
candidate John Bencivengo in the November general election. On November 6, 2007, Gilmore lost the mayoral race to Bencivengo.
Currently he is Principal of Gilmore Business Network, a social media marketing firm. He has over 91,000 followers on social network Twitter
http://Twitter.com/GlenGilmore and he is frequently listed in the Top 100 “Twitter Elite” by the Twitter social media network directory and evaluation service TwitterGrader.com.
Gilmore served as Mayor of Hamilton Township
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hamilton Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township had a total population of 88,464...
, in Mercer County
Mercer County, New Jersey
As of the census of 2000, there were 350,761 people, 125,807 households, and 86,303 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,552 people per square mile . There were 133,280 housing units at an average density of 590 per square mile...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, as well as the South Brunswick New Jersey Municipal Prosecutor http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3697/is_200108/ai_n8954302/. He also served as the Chief Legislative Aide to a member of the New Jersey State Assembly Legislative. http://www.politickernj.com/tags/glen-gilmore
Biography
Gilmore enlisted in the United States ArmyUnited States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
after graduating from high school and underwent basic training at Fort Knox
Fort Knox
Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The base covers parts of Bullitt, Hardin, and Meade counties. It currently holds the Army Human Resources Center of Excellence to include the Army Human Resources Command, United States Army Cadet...
immediately upon graduation from high school. He graduated from the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning
Fort Benning
Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southeast of the city of Columbus in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties in Georgia and Russell County, Alabama...
. He then attended Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
for his undergraduate studies and Widener University School of Law
Widener University School of Law
Widener University School of Law is the ABA accredited law school of Widener University. The school, founded in 1971 as the Delaware Law School, operates on two of Widener's campuses, one in Wilmington, Delaware, and the other in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania....
.
Gilmore served as Mayor of Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hamilton Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township had a total population of 88,464...
from November 1999, when he won election in his first attempt at public office. He succeeded former Hamilton mayor, Jack Rafferty. He won re-election in 2003 and served a second term. On November 6, 2007, Gilmore lost his bid for a third term to John Bencivengo.
He was serving as mayor during the 2001 anthrax attacks
2001 anthrax attacks
The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, also known as Amerithrax from its Federal Bureau of Investigation case name, occurred over the course of several weeks beginning on Tuesday, September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks. Letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to...
when the regional postal facility located in the community received and distributed anthrax-tainted letters. Gilmore was featured in TIME
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine for having established an emergency treatment clinic to care for more than 1,000 postal workers who had been exposed to the potentially-deadly anthrax substance. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001139,00.html
Gilmore has served as President of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Brownfields Association and Chairman of the New Jersey League of Municipalities Economic Development Task Force. http://www.njslom.org/documents/BrownfieldArticle.pdf
In 2006, Gilmore participated in the by-invitation-only Environmental Summit hosted by Academy Award winner Robert Redford at the actor's Sundance Preserve in Utah. http://usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/11_20_06/pg4_sundance_mayors.asp http://www.sundancesummit.com/press/2006_press/trenton.pdf
In 2007, Gilmore testified before the New Jersey General Assembly
New Jersey General Assembly
The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.Since the election of 1967 , the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average...
in support of "Global Warming Response Act" legislation. http://www.njstatelib.org/digit/p777/p7772007c.pdf
As mayor, Gilmore was also a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a coalition of over 600 mayors who support a number of gun control initiatives that the group calls "commonsense reforms" to fight illegal gun trafficking and gun violence in the United States...
, a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
Mayor Thomas Menino
Thomas Menino
Thomas Michael "Tom" Menino is the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the city's first Italian-American mayor...
and New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...
.
On March 28, 2007, Gilmore announced that he would seek a third term in office, and would face Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
candidate John Bencivengo in the November general election. On November 6, 2007, Gilmore lost the mayoral race to Bencivengo.
Currently he is Principal of Gilmore Business Network, a social media marketing firm. He has over 91,000 followers on social network Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
http://Twitter.com/GlenGilmore and he is frequently listed in the Top 100 “Twitter Elite” by the Twitter social media network directory and evaluation service TwitterGrader.com.
External links
- Wally Edge, "Gilmore won't run for Senate, even if Inverso doesn't", Politicsnj.com, January 31, 2007
- David M. Halbfinger, "McGreevey Seeks to Bolster State's Chain of Command in Medical Disasters", New York Times, November 28, 2001
- Michael Winerip, "Our Towns; Hail the Mayor (Whose Name Isn't Giuliani)", New York Times, November 14, 2001
- Mercer Business profile, August 1, 2001
- Official biography (on Hamilton, NJ page)
- Amanda Bower, "Behind The Trenton Postmark: A Town's Take-Charge Attitude", Time Magazine, November 5, 2001