Brent’s career in Community Mental Health and Vocational Rehabilitation started in 1998 and has included Executive Leadership and Management roles with various Outpatient Providers, Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals, Residential Facilities and Community Rehabilitation organizations throughout Southeastern Michigan and in North Carolina. Brent also is a CARF surveyor, where he has worked with organizations around the county since 2009 in achieving and maintaining their CARF Accreditation.

Brent’s recent successes have included leading Services to Enhance Potential since 2012, where under his leadership STEP saw unprecedented growth and innovation. His tenure is marked by numerous achievements including the expansion of STEP’s Thrift Store and Donation Centers, the securing of major federal, municipal, and local cleaning contracts, and the launch of the groundbreaking and innovative Progressive Art Studio Collective in Wayne County, which now includes three studios where over 125 artists participate weekly. In 2022, Crain’s Detroit Business, recognized Services to Enhance Potential as a Finalist in their Best Managed Non-Profit program.

This past December, Brent was re-appointed by Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer to continue to serve on the Michigan Council of Rehabilitation Services, where he served as Vice Chair. Brent is a Past-Chairperson for INCOMPASS MICHIGAN, the State of Michigan Association of Rehabilitation Providers. Brent previously served on the Wayne County Sheriff Youth and Senior Education Fund Board working with other Board Members to help raise funds for outreach events for the Wayne County Sheriff, the City of Detroit’s Mayor’s Workforce Development Board, Disability Sub-Committee, working together to improve the employment options for those individuals with disabilities and challenges in Detroit, on the State of Michigan Home and Community Based Services-Implementation Advisory Group. Brent also is also the past chair of the Dearborn Area Chamber of Commerce and served as a Board Member at the Arc of Dearborn and the Salvation Army Advisory Council.

Brent has been married for over 25 years to his wife Stephanie, a Quality Specialist Supervisor at Starfish Family Services. They are proud parents of two children, Madison and Kyle. Brent graduated from the University of Oklahoma, where he graduated with a degree in Mathematics and continued his education at Wayne State University, where he completed his Master’s Degree in In Business Administration, where he focused on Operational Management and Finance. During the Summer of 2019 Brent attended the Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management program at Harvard University. When not working, Brent enjoys spending time outdoors with his family and golfing.