Meet Brian

Brian is a retired commissioned Senior U.S. Foreign Service Officer with 32 years of experience and 16 postings on five continents. He served at the Minister Counselor level, a flag-rank equivalent in the U.S. diplomatic corps, in Venezuela, Canada, and Mexico.

In May 2018, as Deputy Chief of Mission in Caracas, Brian went toe-to-toe with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to demand the release of a wrongfully detained American held in an intelligence service prison. Maduro expelled him on 48 hours' notice.

"Maduro kicked me out — but the American we were fighting for walked out of that intelligence prison. That's the outcome that mattered."

He returned to St. Michaels, his official residence of record since 2015, where he has voted, paid taxes, and engaged in local civic life ever since. Brian is a 15th-generation American; descended from an original Spanish family that arrived in northern New Mexico in 1598. His mother lives in St. Michaels.