Brett McGurk
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| Born | April 20, 1973 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • University of Connecticut • Columbia University | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Gina Chon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Committee on the Present Danger, Council on Foreign Relations/Members M-O | ||||||||||||||||||||
US diplomat
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Brett Holden McGurk is an American diplomat and attorney.
Education
McGurk received his BA from the University of Connecticut in 1996,[1] and a JD from Columbia Law School in 1999. While at Columbia, he was a senior editor of the Columbia Law Review. He is a member of the Theta chapter of Zeta Psi fraternity.
After graduation, McGurk completed clerkships in the federal judiciary for Judge Gerard E. Lynch on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Dennis Jacobs on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Manhattan), and for Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the U.S. Supreme Court. Following his clerkships, McGurk worked briefly as appellate litigation associate at Kirkland & Ellis, as well as an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.[2]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2026 | 9 April 2026 | 12 April 2026 | US Washington DC Salamander Hotel | The 72nd Bilderberg Meeting, the location and dates of which were reported in April 2026, just days before the event. This is a sharp contrast with the 2025 Bilderberg, which was exposed online in 2024. |
| Munich Security Conference/2016 | 12 February 2016 | 14 February 2016 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 52nd Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2017 | 17 February 2017 | 19 February 2017 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 53rd Munich Security Conference |
