Brad was elected as a member of the Napa County Board of Supervisors representing District One in 1998. For the past 29 years Brad has been a school teacher. He spent the first 10 years teaching emotionally disturbed adolescents and for the last 19 years he has been teaching social studies at Redwood Middle School in Napa.

Brad graduated from a local high school in Napa and went on to graduate from the University of California Santa Cruz with a degree in Political Science and Elementary Education. Brad has split his life with community service since 1984. During that time he has served on the Napa City Council, has served as Mayor to the City of Napa and was elected to the Napa County Board of Supervisors in 1998.

Brad is involved in many local committees including the Children and Families Commission (Prop. 10), Child Care Taskforce, Farm Worker Housing, Housing Trust Fund, Housing Authority Regional Bay Air Quality Management District, California State Association of Counties Board of Directors, Local Agency Formation Commission, Napa County Transportation Planning Commission, San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission, Napa County Parks and Open Space Advisory Committee and the County Medical Services Program.

Brad lives in Napa with his three children: Gretchen, 24; Fritz, 15 and Max 14.