Luke Baumgartner is a US Army veteran who served from 2017-2021. He commissioned as an active duty Field Artillery Officer from Southern Illinois University Carbondale after earning a BA in Political Science. Following his departure from active duty, Luke enrolled in Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service where he is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Security Studies, concentrating on Terrorism and Sub-state violence. He previously held multiple internship positions at the University of Maryland’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, where he assisted in data collection for the Global Terrorism Database (GTD).
Luke serves as the Program Manager for WtV’s Targeted Violence Prevention (TVP) and Mis/Dis/Malinformation (MDM) campaigns and currently resides in Arlington, VA.
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
