Brett grew up in the conservative bastion of Orange County, California. One of his favorite childhood memories is of his dad talking about how excited he was when he met Governor Ronald Reagan in an elevator in Downtown Los Angeles while doing construction work in his building.  Brett's dad was so impressed with how much time Governor Reagan spent with him (over ten minutes) and the genuine interest Governor Reagan took in him that he came home and shared this with his family.  Brett remembers the childhood fear of the Cold War when hearing terms like guaranteed mutual annihilation, but feeling safe in knowing the man that his dad swore by would protect him.

After attending the University of Southern California, Brett began working in the commercial construction industry, where he has been over the last thirteen years.  He has had many successes and a few failures, all of which contributing to the man he is today.  As Brett moved up the corporate ladder, first as an estimator/project manager for a now billion dollar per year company, then as a vice-president/ branch manager in an $80 million per year company, and eventually as a small business owner, he learned through actual real world experience how to deal with many of the issues that face our government today.

When the current economic crisis really began to take hold, Brett and his family were faced with a very scary set of circumstances.  Customers stopped paying, credit line commitments were rescinded, existing credit lines reduced overnight, and the value of their properties lost half of the value within a couple of short months. Like many Americans, all of these eventually led to Brett and his family losing everything they had worked for.

Without any government assistance and a belief that he needed to not stay down very long, Brett and his family picked themselves up by their boot straps and began the process of building their life back up.  Brett was told by his lender, encouraged in fact,  that the Federal Government had a program that would allow them to stay in their home with a reduced payment, but when learning it was taxpayer funded,  while he and his wife Nicole would have cherished that opportunity, they did not feel it was the proper role of government to be using your tax dollars to help them keep their property.  So, they made all of the necessary adjustments to live a lifestyle on over 75% less income and they are stronger for it today!

Brett and his beloved wife Nicole have two children, Coral, 7, and Brett, 4.  Brett's family is the reason he is taking on the responsibility of running for the legislature.  Although it meant again changing jobs to accommodate the time demands of participating in a campaign (which was accompanied by a 60% pay cut) and taking time off from his studies as a Masters of Divinity program at Phoenix Seminary, both Brett & Nicole agreed that Brett had a unique set of life experiences and skills that would serve his community greatly.  Because of his work at a multi-billion dollar per year organization, he understands the bureaucracy of overhead (the government) and the strain they put on the revenue producers (the people).  He has dealt with budgets in the tens of millions of dollars and understands what is necessary to take organizations that are hemorrhaging money and returning them to the black.   He knows how difficult it is to be a small business owner and uniquely understands what the government needs to do to get out of their way.

Brett and his family understand the fear that is gripping many of you right now.  But, because they have been through the cuts and changes personally, not theoretically, without government assistance, they can assure each of you that we will be just fine and while the process of fixing our state and country will not be easy, we can do it together.