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 Brett O’Brien is a Senior Vice President at The Glover Park Group, where he focuses on strategic consulting, public relations and government relations for U.S. and international clients. His expertise includes extensive knowledge of foreign policy, trade, national security, homeland security and related matters. O’Brien joined The Glover Park Group in 2005 after managing several international clients for The Harbour Group, LLC, and serving as a national security advisor to the Presidential campaign of U.S. Representative Dick Gephardt. O’Brien brings with him thirteen years experience as a top foreign and defense policy advisor to members of the House and Senate Congressional Leadership. On Capitol Hill, he most recently served as Senior Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor to the House Democratic Leader, and was his liaison to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and an advisor to the House Democratic Caucus. In this capacity, O’Brien orchestrated national security policy for House Democrats, forging a critical role for the party in debates on Iraq, National Missile Defense, United Nations reform, NATO enlargement, Bosnia, Kosovo and other international crises. He also led numerous Congressional leadership delegations overseas, including missions to South America, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Europe. Before assuming this position, O'Brien served as Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor to Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, focusing on national defense, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Highlights of O’Brien’s tenure here include leading campaigns to preserve critical East Coast military installations during the base closure and realignment process, successfully lobbying the Clinton Administration to lift the travel ban on Lebanon, and spearheading efforts to help establish the American University in Bulgaria, the first U.S.-sponsored university in post-Soviet Eastern Europe. O’Brien previously worked on foreign policy and defense matters for U.S. Representative Jim Bates of San Diego, California, and as an analyst at the Congressional Research Service. He has traveled and worked in over two dozen countries, and lived in London and Cairo during the course of his career. O'Brien received a Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard University and a Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics.
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