DCCC - Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Glenn Nye is a fifth-generation Second District resident and former Foreign Service officer. Nye volunteered to serve in conflict zones in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq. He received the State Department's Superior Honor Award for leading a rescue of 26 American citizens and negotiating the release of an American hostage. In Iraq, Nye led operations to create jobs for Iraqis as part of the counter-insurgency effort.

He worked to develop fledgling democracies and bring stability to communities and economic hope to struggling countries.  Concerned about how our Washington leaders have shaped our approach to the world - with a misguided war in Iraq while neglecting priorities at home - Glenn is running for Congress to change the course of American policy.

Glenn returned home to Hampton Roads from Iraq, where he advised a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) program, working closely with military colleagues to stabilize Iraqi neighborhoods by creating employment for over 70,000 Iraqis. 

Glenn is a fifth generation resident of the Second District.  He grew up in Norfolk and graduated from high school at Norfolk Academy. He is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.  While in college Glenn volunteered on medical education missions to the Middle East.  He began his foreign service career focusing on economic development in war-torn Eastern Europe, while working for the U.S. Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.  

Glenn later joined the U.S. State Department, receiving training in the Albanian language and serving initially in Macedonia and Kosovo.  In 2001 he received the State Department's Superior Honor Award for organizing the rescue of American citizens caught behind insurgent lines during a civil conflict in Macedonia and for securing the release of an American citizen held hostage by insurgents.

Glenn was then posted to the U.S. Embassy in Singapore, where he helped protect U.S. intellectual property rights during the negotiation of the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.  From there he volunteered to go to Afghanistan, spending almost a year as part of a U.S. government sponsored team managing the historic Afghan Constitutional Convention and supporting the country's first Presidential election.
 
During his public service career, Glenn managed a USAID community development program in The West Bank and Gaza.  He also served as Operations Director for an unprecedented effort to give democracy a chance in the Middle East by registering eligible voters in major U.S. cities for Iraq's Transitional National Assembly election.

Placing a high value on education, Glenn has reached out actively within the United States to advance the discussion and understanding of critical U.S. foreign policy interests.  He has spoken to audiences at a number of universities and has reached out to Hampton Roads high schools to talk to students about America's role in the world.