President and Founder, Better Environmental Solutions, a consulting firm promoting practical solutions to save lives, jobs and money. Authored “Cellulose Prairie,” “Clearing the Air with Ethanol,” “Saving Lives, Jobs and Money,” “Highway Health Hazards,” and more than 20 reports on sustainable agriculture, clean air, water, and the environment.

Clients include: the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest, Governors' Ethanol Coalition, American Coalition for Ethanol, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District, Best Energies, C 5-6 Technologies, Madison Gas and Electric, Alliant Energy, Wisconsin Soybean Association, Wisconsin Corn Growers, Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance, Wisconsin Ethanol Producers Association, Colusa Biomass, Alabama Renewable Energy Alliance, Renew Energy, Grand River Ethanol, RiverWright Ethanol, Wisconsin Biodiesel Association, North Prairie Productions Biodiesel Producers, and T. Wall Development.

Dane County Board Supervisor since 1998, chair of the Dane County Lakes and Watersheds Commission and the Personnel and Finance Committee. Serves on the National Association of Counties Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee where he authored policies to fund more farm conservation practices, more biofuels, restore wetlands, and call for immediate action to reduce global warming air pollution.

Frequent lecturer around the country on biofuel, agriculture, energy and environmental issues.

More than 25 years of public service experience, including Environmental Policy Advisor to President Clinton and Energy Conservation Advocate in the Carter Administration during the 1970's energy crisis.

Served as the Senior Midwest Representative for the Sierra Club in the nine-state Midwest Region focusing on air, water, agriculture, Smart Growth and wetlands issues. Worked on the 1985, 1990, and 2002 Farm Bills. Member of the Sustainable Agriculture Working Group and Union of Concerned Scientists Sound Science Initiative.

Brett has a Masters in Natural Science from the University of Oklahoma and a B.A. in Political Economy from Middlebury College.

Contact: 608.238.6070, cell 608.334.4994