Thomas Stuart Price Perriello (born October 9, 1974) is an American attorney, diplomat, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Perriello served one term as a U.S. Representative for Virginia's 5th congressional district, was the United States Special Representative for the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review from 2014 to 2015, and the Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region of Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo from July 2015 to December 2016.Born in Charlottesville, VA, and raised in Ivy, VA, Perriello has lived in Alexandria, VA, since 2011. Perriello graduated from Yale College and received a J.D. from Yale Law School. In 2002-2003 he was a special advisor to the prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He then worked for the International Center for Transitional Justice, The Century Foundation, and for the National Council of Churches of Christ. Wikipedia