On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for Secretary of State (MI)
Post Office Box 30013
Lansing, MI 48909
Full Name:
Garlin D. Gilchrist
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Ellen; 3 Children: Garlin III, Emily Grace, Ruby
Birth Date:
09/25/1982
Birth Place:
Detroit, MI
Home City:
Detroit, MI
BSE, Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, 2000-2005
President, Michigan State Senate, 2019-present
Lieutenant Governor, State of Michigan, 2019-present
Candidate, Michigan Secretary of State, 2026
Candidate, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 2018, 2022
Candidate, Detroit City Clerk, 2017
No caucus information on file.
Owner, Impetus Strategies, Limited Liability Company, 2014-present
Director, Center for Community Change, 2013-present
Founder, Detroit Diaspora
Founder, Opportunity Technology, Limited Liability Company
Founding Executive Director, Center for Social Media Responsibility, University of Michigan School of Information, 2018
Director of Innovation & Emerging Technology, City of Detroit, 2015-2017
Co-Founder/Advisor, tinyGive, 2013-2016
Deputy Technology Director for Civic Community Engagement, City of Detroit, 2014-2015
National Campaign Director/Trainer, MoveOn.org, 2008-2014
Director of New Media, Center for Community Change, 2009-2011
Fellow, Rockwood Leadership Institute, 2010-2011
Software Design Engineer, Microsoft, 2005-2009
Fellow/Senior Policy Analyst, Northwest Progressive Institute, 2007-2009
Social Media Manager, Obama for America, Washington, 2008
Consultant Chief Technology Officer, Johnson Publishing Company, 2007
Board Member, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Center of Excellence, Michigan Medicine, 2018-present
Member, Board of Directors, Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, 2017-present
Commissioner, Commission for Voter Justice, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, 2017-present
Member, College of Engineering Alumni Board, University of Michigan, 2016-present
Vice President, Corktown Economic Development Corporation, 2016-present
Member, Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality, Michigan Leadership Council, 2015-present
Member, Allied Media Projects Board, 2014-present
Director, Voqal Board of Directors, 2011-present
Co-Founder, Blacknetaction
Member, National Black Programming Consortium Board of Directors, 2010-2018
Member, Michigan Governing Leadership Forum Advisory Board, Governing Magazine, 2015-2017
Member, Emerging Leaders Board, Metro Matters, 2016
Co-Host, The Good Fight, 2013-2014
Advisor, Magic Johnson Foundation, 2012-2013
Founding Trustee, Awesome Foundation DC, 2010-2012
Founder/Co-Contributer, The SuperSpade, 2005-2012
Member, YES! Magazine Communications Advisory Board, 2008-2012
Member, Board of Directors, Reclaim the Media, 2010-2011
Advisor, Instructional Telecommunications Foundation, 2011
Deputy Treasurer, Media and Democracy Coalition, 2010-2011
Member, Advisory Board, Seattle MESA, 2007-2009
Blog Host, Brave New Films, 2007-2008
Chair/Vice Chair, HEADS: Here Earning a Destiny through Honesty, Eagerness, and Determination of Self, 2003-2005
Awards:
Great Expectations Award, 2018, African American Leadership Institute
The Real McCoy Chairman's Award, 2015, Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program
Outstanding Recent Alumni Award, 2015, University of Michigan College of Engineering Alumni Board