Brock Gillespie

Brock
Gillespie

Executive Business & Global Policy Adviser

Meet Brock
Brock Gillespie on the North Portico of the White House
Policy & Government
  • TradeNegotiated complex cross border commodity deals.
  • AccessPartnered with senior Chinese government officials across all 23 provinces.
  • CounselBriefed U.S. national security stakeholders on China.
  • MediaFeatured regularly across all major media outlets.
  • ReachLived and operated professionally in 14 countries across 5 continents.
Brock Gillespie at a signing ceremony in China
Trade & Commodities
$49MSponsorships secured
23Chinese provinces
14Countries worked
100+Exhibitions directed
Expertise
  • Government relations
  • Political lobbying
  • U.S. China diplomacy
  • International commerce
  • Public policy
  • Strategic communications
  • Geopolitics
  • Executive leadership
  • Brock Gillespie on Fox News discussing the NBA and free speech
  • Brock Gillespie shaking hands at an event in China
  • Brock Gillespie on Fox & Friends discussing China halting NBA broadcasts
The Record
United States China & International

2020 to nowCurrent

Government Affairs Lead

Smith Ricardo

International commodities, U.S.-China partnerships, global trade.

2023

Government Affairs Consultant

Phunware

Strategic partnerships and client acquisition.

2018 to 2020

Vice President and Government Affairs Lead

New Power Sport & Culture

Built one of Asia's largest basketball enterprises and secured $49M in sponsorships.

2016 to 2018

Chairman

Douglas Sports China

Directed basketball academies and more than 100 international exhibitions.

2012 to 2014

Field Representative

U.S. House of Representatives

Policy research and constituent engagement for Congressman Pete Olson of Texas.

2009 to 2016

Mentor

NBA Players Association

Counsel and mentorship for professional players.

Statecraft

Served on Capitol Hill as Top Adviser to the United States House of Representatives and provided ongoing diplomatic insight to:

  • The White House
  • National Security Council
  • Director of National Intelligence
  • House Foreign Affairs Committee
Brock Gillespie leaving the West Wing of the White House at night
Professional Basketball Player

A decade of professional basketball in the NBA, NBA Development League, and 13 countries abroad.

  • Brock Gillespie driving past a defender in a Toros jersey
  • Brock Gillespie going up for a shot during his professional playing career
  • Earned All-State and USA Today All-America honors at Clarksville (TN) High School; was named as one of the greatest players in Tennessee High School Basketball history.
  • Led Rice University to their most successful seasons in school history, while becoming a member of the exclusive 1,000-point club, and is recognized as one of the top Rice Owl athletes of all time.
  • Appeared in Glory Road, the Walt Disney Pictures feature film.
  • Rice University - B.A. Political Science
Brock Gillespie playing for Rice University

13 countries played professionally, 2006 to 2016

Game jerseys from Brock Gillespie's playing career, lettered in English, Chinese and Japanese
  • New ZealandOceania
  • ColombiaSouth America
  • SpainEurope
  • SlovakiaEurope
  • SwitzerlandEurope
  • ChinaAsia
  • GermanyEurope
  • RomaniaEurope
  • PolandEurope
  • MexicoNorth America
  • CanadaNorth America
  • JapanAsia
  • United StatesNorth America
Inquiries Speaking, media, advisory, partnerships
Brock Gillespie appearing on television as a professional basketball player

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