A fifth-generation native of Edmond, OK, Brett is the oldest of three sons born to a Navy family. He received two Congressional nominations to the U.S. Naval Academy, but (much to the chagrin of his father) chose instead to accept a Navy ROTC scholarship to the University of Oklahoma (wife, Jessica, insists she was the reason he chose to stay close to home).
Brett engaged in all things civic soon after entering OU. As a founding member, Brett joined a handful of other young men in starting and operating the first conservative newspaper in the university’s history. While managing their start-up corporate services company with his wife, Brett was selected by Americans for Fair Taxation as Chairman for Oklahoma AFT.
Disabused by divine circumstance of his dream to become a Navy fighter pilot (oddly the Defense Department prefers pilots with good eyesight) — he graduated from OU with a BBA in Marketing and moved immediately to Virginia Beach after accepting a scholarship to Regent University’s joint Law-Government graduate program. Brett was soon after elected President of the student body’s Council of Graduate Students (COGS).
At Regent Brett initiated his political activity after being tapped to run the Virginia and West Virginia campaigns for Alan Keyes for President. He and Jessica moved to D.C. following graduation with an MA in Government to pursue his Ph.D. at Catholic University. But when paying the bills began to take precedence, he put the doctoral program on hold and dived head-first into political consulting, training under Carlyle Gregory.
After three long years in D.C. (and one baby on the way), Brett and Jessica made the decision to trek back home. In 2004, they ventured 1,339 grueling miles in three days with two-month-old Rebekah screaming the entire distance.
Brett immediately re-inserted himself into all things political. He ran his father’s campaign for Oklahoma House of Representatives. Following the historic Republican takeover of the State House, Brett accepted a political appointment to the House staff in early 2005. He went on to consult in the charter of multiple conservative political action committees. And in 2007, Brett served as National Grassroots Director for Duncan Hunter for President. Since that time he has consulted with multiple non-profits, charities, and public interest organizations.
In 2008, Brett consulted with the U.S. State Department, in coordination with his father, then U.S. Diplomat to Iraq, in bringing a delegation of Iraqi leaders to the U.S. for a tour of several states and capitals. He maintains extensive ties with DOS officials around the world.
Brett now serves on the boards of numerous committees, organizations, non-profits, as the Chief Evangelist for Veritas Strategies, a digital media consulting firm, is the Executive Director for the Catholic Conference of Oklahoma, the founding member of the Oklahoma Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, and is co-founder of the Faithful Citizenship Institute. He is the author of the short novel entitled The Dream and is currently authoring a memorial biography after the tragic death of his father during the ‘Surge’ campaign for Iraqi freedom in 2008. He and his family converted to the Roman Catholic Church in 2011, are members of St. Monica Catholic Church, and are active in the Edmond and greater-OKC community.
