Brad brings over 20 years of professional experience in education and community development to Lao Family. Initially trained as an engineer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he worked for the US Army as an Aerospace Engineer and obtained a Master’s in Computer Education. After taking six months to hike the Appalachian Trail, Brad worked as a Peace Corps community development volunteer in a rural Panamanian village.  There, he learned Spanish and met another volunteer who would become his wife. Brad eventually received his teaching credential to teach in elementary, junior high, and community colleges in Sacramento, Stockton, and Chiang Mai, Thailand. He received the Teacher of the Year award at a Sacramento elementary school.

Brad also studied in London, receiving a Master of Science with Merit in Social Policy and Development: NGOs from the London School of Economics. He received the Richard Titmuss Award for his studies for outstanding academic performance and dissertation in the social policy field.  Brad uses his knowledge and experience at Lao Family as a development manager.

He lives in the East Bay, where he enjoys hiking and the occasional overseas trip with his wife, the Peace Corps volunteer he met years ago.