Brett currently serves as the WOEC Board President. Brett was born and raised in Covington, Georgia, and graduated with a BBE and MSEE from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He worked as an engineer for Compaq Computer Corporation in Houston, Texas, where he met his wife, Penny. Brett and Penny moved to Oregon in 1997, where Brett worked for Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon, for 15 years.
Shortly after moving to Vernonia in 1998, he became involved in community work, including serving on the Vernonia City Council for almost 10 years and the Vernonia School District board for 5 years. He is currently a teacher at the Vernonia Middle School and Vernonia High School, as well as President of the Vernonia Health Center. Brett and Penny are proud parents of 2 native Vernonians, Grace and Nicholas.