In 2010, Delegate Gilbert was appointed to be Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Delegates. In his role as Deputy Majority Leader, Delegate Gilbert takes a lead role in floor debate and policy development on behalf of the Republican caucus.

Delegate Gilbert is a member of the Courts of Justice Committee, the Militia Police and Public Safety Committee, the General Laws Committee and serves as Vice-Chairman of the Rules Committee. He serves as the Chairman of the General Laws Subcommitte on ABC/Gaming. He also serves on the Virginia State Crime Commission, the Commission of Virginia's Alcohol Safety Action Program, which supervises all DUI offenders in the Commonwealth. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation and serves on the Board of Directors of the Virginia YMCA.

Delegate Gilbert has received numerous awards and distinctions during his tenure in the House of Delegates including the Virginia YMCA's "Service to Youth Award" for his annual work with their Model General Assembly in Richmond. He has been honored by the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers as their Legislator of the Year for his service as Chairman of the Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee. The Virginia Association of Commonwealth's Attorneys also awarded Gilbert their inaugural "Champion of Justice Award" for his extensive work in public safety policy. The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police honored Gilbert with their 2011 Legislator of the Year Award. The American Conservative Union also named him a "Defender of Liberty" for his 100% conservative voting record in 2011. Finally, in 2012, Gilbert was designated the "Legislator of the Year" by the Virginia State Police Association and was named a "Champion of Free Enterprise" by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce for his 100% pro-business voting record during the 2012 General Assembly session.

Prior to his election to the House of Delegates, Delegate Gilbert began his career as a full-time prosecutor. His first job was with the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Lynchburg, where he was a member of the Violent Crime Prosecution Team. In 1999, he was fortunate to be able to return home and work in the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for Shenandoah County for six years where he was lead prosecutor in a number of major cases. After his election to the House, Gilbert worked for several years as a prosecutor in both the Warren County and Frederick County Commonwealth's Attorneys Offices. He has taught the art of trial advocacy to fellow prosecutors at the Commonwealth's Attorneys' annual trial advocacy school. Taking advantage of his experience in Virginia's criminal justice system, Gilbert's primary legislative focus is public safety.

Gilbert is a 1989 graduate of Central High School of Woodstock, where he served as student body president and played three varsity sports. He attended the University of Virginia, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Government in 1993. While at UVA, he was a legislative intern in the Capitol Hill office of then U.S. Representative George Allen. Upon graduation, he attended the Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he earned his law degree in 1996 and also led the student body as president of the Student Bar Association. While at SMU Law, Gilbert won the school's annual mock trial competition and participated on the school's competitive mock trial team.

When not in Richmond for the legislative session, Delegate Gilbert now works in a private law practice. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Woodstock and the Mount Jackson/Edinburg Rotary Club.

Todd is married to the lovely and talented Jennifer Wishon Gilbert. Jennifer is a broadcast journalist who is currently the White House Correspondent for CBN News. Jennifer covers the President and national politics in Washington, D.C.

The Gilberts live on a small farm outside of Mount Jackson, Virginia.