As a Senior Stakeholder Engagement Project Manager, Brent helps foster constructive conversation between corporations and their stakeholders around a variety of environmental initiatives.  He leverages his expertise in environmental issues with deep relationships among environmental stakeholders, including government agencies, NGOs and funders, to guide tough conversations between traditional adversaries toward cooperation and mutual benefit.

In his work with Future 500′s Water Program, Brent focuses on the critical impacts that energy and food production have on our water and soil systems. He works to connect those in the food industry with their stakeholders, ultimately striving toward the right policies that ensure plentiful, healthy and affordable food is produced without undue burden on the environment.

Prior to joining Future 500, Brent has worked as a litigation attorney and as an investment banking analyst specializing in middle-market M&A transactions. He helped grow a middle-market investment bank from two bankers in Chicago to over 50 worldwide in less than two years. From this experience, he has developed an expertise in consulting clients through difficult organizational times such as litigation, restructuring and large corporate transactions.