Brian received his Bachelor of Science in environmental resources from Eastern Kentucky University in 1998. He has worked several years in the southeastern United States as a vegetation-monitoring biologist for both The Nature Conservancy in Florida and The Jones Ecological Research Center in southwest Georgia. In 2004, Brian worked as a land steward in Cincinnati, Ohio for the Hamilton County Park District.
Brian joined the commission in 2005. His primary responsibility involves the inventory of natural areas within the state.