Brett Farley
Brett Farley, CEO of Farley Enterprises, LLC.
A native of Edmond, OK, in the heart of the reddest Red State, Brett was raised in a stable two-parent Navy family. Moving around the state and across the country, his family returned to home base in Edmond where Brett graduated from the acclaimed Deer Creek High School…as close as a government school can come to quality private education. Brett received two Congressional nominations to the U.S. Naval Academy, but (much to the chagrin of his father) chose instead to accept a Navy ROTC scholarship to the University of Oklahoma (wife, Jessica, insists she was the reason he chose to stay close to home). Brett engaged in all things civic soon after entering OU. As a founding member, Brett joined a handful of other young men in starting the first conservative newspaper on campus. He managed his first political campaign in the successful election of Brad McMullen as President of UOSA (recall the controversy that ensued when ESPN covered McMullan’s call for the ouster of OU Football Head Coach John Blake). While managing their start-up corporate services company with his wife, Brett was tapped by Americans for Fair Taxation as Chairman for Oklahoma AFT. Graduating with a BBA in Marketing, he and his wife moved immediately to Virginia Beach after acceptance to Regent University’s joint Law-Government degree program. Brett jumped into the water quickly, as he was elected President of the student body’s Council of Graduate Students (COGS). At Regent Brett initiated his political activity, first serving in the re-election campaign for then Del. Bob McDonnell (now governor of VA). Soon after, he was tapped to run the Virginia and West Virginia campaigns for Alan Keyes for President. He and Jessica moved to D.C. following graduation with an MA in Public Policy to pursue his PhD at Catholic University. But when paying the bills began to take precedence, he put the doctoral program on hold and dived head-first into political consulting, training under famed consultant Carlyle Gregory. After three long years in D.C. (and one baby on the way), Brett and Jessica made the decision to trek back home. In 2004, they ventured 1,339 grueling miles in three days with two-month-old Rebekah screaming the entire distance (did we mention it was grueling?) and landed finally in Guthrie, OK…just shy of Edmond. Brett immediately jumped back into all things political. He ran his father’s campaign for OK State House, and in a crowded primary of six came in a close third place. Following the historic Republican takeover of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Brett accepted a political appointment to the House staff in early 2005. He went on to consult in the charter of the Minuteman Political Action Committee in 2006, later serving as its Executive Director. And in 2007, Brett served as National Grassroots Director for Duncan Hunter for President. Since that time he has consulted with multiple non-profits and public interest organizations. Brett now serves on the boards of numerous committees, organizations, non-profits, and is the CEO of Farley Enterprises, a consortium of business and consultancy corporations. He is currently authoring a memorial book after thetragic death of his father in Iraq in 2008. He and his family are members of St. Monica Catholic Church and are active in the Edmond and greater-OKC community.
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