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 inaugural Eradicate Hate Summit was a truly impressive gathering of leaders dedicated to finding lasting and effective solutions to violent extremism. I was particularly moved by the prominence given to survivors and family members of victims of hate and violence throughout the event. Their stories and those of so many others must be at the center of what we do and why we do it.
