Andrew Gillum

At the age of 23, Gillum became the youngest person ever elected to the Tallahassee City Commission in February 2003. At the time of the election, Gillum was a student at Florida A&M University (FAMU), majoring in political science. In August 2004, Mr. Gillum was re-elected to serve for a full four-year term, and was subsequently re-elected in 2008 and August 2012. He was elected Mayor of Tallahassee in August 2014. Born on July 26, 1979 in Miami, Mayor Gillum was raised in Gainesville as the fifth of seven children born to Frances and Charles Gillum. When he graduated from Gainesville High School in 1998, he was recognized by the Gainesville Sun as one of the city's "Persons of the Year." Following the 2000 Presidential election, Mayor Gillum addressed the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on election violations in the state of Florida. Mayor Gillum's impact spread statewide when he accepted the position of Florida Field Organizer with People For the American Way Foundation (PFAWF). In 2002, he organized and led the largest get-out-the-vote campaign in Florida's history. Mayor Gillum is a member of the Board of Directors for The Schott Foundation for Public Education, the New World Foundation, and the Opportunity To Learn Action Fund. He completed Harvard Kennedy School's 2009-summer session of their Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program and is a graduate of the Rockwood Yearlong Fellowship for Executive Leaders. Gillum resides in Tallahassee, Florida with his wife, R. Jai, and their twin children Caroline and Jackson. In June 2022 a federal grand jury has returned a twenty-one count indictment against Andrew Demetric Gillum, 42, and Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks, 53, both of Tallahassee, Florida.