"Chairman of theRepublican Party of Virginia" . . . "Ed Gillespie"@en . . . . "Chairman of theRepublican National Committee" . . . . . . "1961-08-01Z"^^ . "Counselor to the President" . . . . . . . . . "Edward Walter \"Ed\" Gillespie (born August 1, 1961) is an American Republican political strategist who served as the 61st Chairman of the Republican National Committee and Counselor to the President in the George W. Bush administration. Gillespie, along with Democrat Jack Quinn, founded Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a bipartisan lobbying firm."@en .