McMullin, Evan (David Evan), 1976-
Biographical History
Evan McMullin is a former CIA operative, independent presidential candidate, and current founder of Stand-Up Republic.
Evan McMullin was born in Provo, Utah on April 2, 1976 to David and Lanie McMullin. After watching a Robert Redford movie as a young man he become determined to be in the CIA. He attended Brigham Young University from 1997-2001 and graduated with a BA in International law and diplomacy. He joined the CIA as an operations officer in the middle east. In 2010 he left to pursue a career that would allow him to have a family. He got an MBA from The University of Pennsylvania in 2011 and was hired at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker for 3 years. While attending business school he volunteered with the Mitt Romney presidential campaign which led the Republicans on the House Foreign Relations Committee to take notice and hire him as the new advisor on counterterrorism and later the policy director for the House Republican Conference. He resigned from these posts when asked to run as an independent presidential candidate in 2016. Since the defeat McMullin created Stan-Up Republic, an organization that defends American Democracy.
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LinkedIn, via WWW, Oct. 20, 2017 (Evan McMullin; BA International Law and Diplomacy from BYU 1997-2001; MBA 2009-2011 from University of Pennsylvania; CIA operations officers 1999-2010; Goldman Sachs investment banker 2010-2013; US House of Reps committee on foreign affairs 2013-2015 and republican conference 2015-2016; presidential candidate 2016; co-founded Stand-Up Republic 2017-now)Wikipedia, via WWW, Oct. 20, 2017 (David Evan McMullin; b. April 2, 1976 in Provo, Utah)
The Salt Lake Tribune, via WWW, Oct.24, 2017 (David Evan McMullin, b. 1976 in Provo, Utah to David and Lanie McMullin; Robert Redford movie sparked desire to be in CIA when he was a child; left CIA in 2010 to pursue the chance of a family; volunteered with Mitt Romney campaign; Republicans on the House Foreign Relations Committee took him as new adviser with counterterrorism experience; policy director for the House Republican Conference; resigned to run as independent)
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Brady Quinn collection on Evan McMullin presidential campaign
Contains campaign literature from the 2016 presidential campaign of Evan McMullin in the state of Utah collected by the local Utah campaign manager, Brady Quinn. The campaign literature includes a vinyl banner, a tall stand banner, a yard sign, a signed life-size cutout from the waist up of Evan McMullin, bumper stickers, advertisements, campaign handouts and write-in reminder cards.