David Gaither

Who is David Gaither?

David C. Gaither is a Minnesota resident, business and non-profit executive with over 20 years of private sector leadership positions ranging from early stage/startups using private equity, to venture capital funded expansions of stage II organizations to publicly traded, fortune 500 firms in telecommunications, direct response marketing, executive search and turnaround efforts and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 43, which included portions of Minnetonka, Plymouth and Medicine Lake. A Republican, he was elected in 2002 and served thee years before resigning to become Governor Tim Pawlenty's chief of staff.

Gaither lives in Plymouth, Minnesota where he is the Executive Director of the International Education Center in Minneapolis one of the largest CBO providers of Adult Basic Education services in the state of Minnesota. Serving newly arrived adult immigrants and refugees, providing English language instruction, math classes, GED classes, computer classes, citizenship classes, jobs skills training.• Member of International Visitor Program, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, providing a focus on the role that NGOs play in U.S. resettlement efforts.