Brett is a seasoned genealogist with over 30 years’ experience researching family and institutional histories. An alumnus of Morgan State University and the British Transport Staff College, he is currently a graduate history student at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
In addition to serving as President of Heritage Associates, Brett is a board member of the African American Historical Association of Fauquier County, Virginia where he has been instrumental in establishing the museum’s extensive collection of data and artifacts documenting the pre- and post-Civil War Black experience in Fauquier County and throughout the Piedmont Region of Virginia. He also currently serves as chairman of his church board and is a former board member (term limited) of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials.
Brett has contributed articles to the African American National Biography published by Oxford University Press and is the co-author of:
- The Blackwell, Chapman, Tyler, Washington Family of Fauquier County Virginia, Heritage Associates, Baltimore MD, 1998.
- The Descendants of Henley Chapman, Heritage Associates, Baltimore MD, 1998.
- African Americans of Fauquier County, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston SC, 2009.
Recently retired from the transportation industry, Brett resides with his wife in Anne Arundel County Maryland.