Bradley Gillenwater
International Investment and Trade
Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development

In this capacity, Mr. Gillenwater leads the State government’s efforts in attracting foreign direct investment from and developing exports to Asia.  His responsibilities include managing the Department’s relationship with four of its 10 foreign business development offices—those in the region: Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul and Ho Chi Minh City.  Other positions Mr. Gillenwater has held in the Department’s international business office include International Business Analyst.  Prior to his current role he was living in Taipei, where he had been studying Mandarin Chinese and working for Taiwan’s largest private language training company.  Mr. Gillenwater too has held a clerkship with the Office of the United States Attorney and an internship with The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, as well as earned a Master’s Degree in International Political Economy at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky and a Bachelor’s Degree in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs at Miami University of Ohio.