Brian Chase is an award-winning public affairs strategist with over twenty years of international experience in water, energy, and data networks. An advocate of historical research and preservation, he serves as the Chairman of the Library Committee of the California Club in Los Angeles and Board Secretary of the California and Northwest Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums. Brian also stays involved in local civic and community affairs in Marin County, where he grew up and continues to love sailing, golfing, fishing, and playing tennis with friends and family. Studying at the University of Southern California, including several years at its State Capital Center in Sacramento, he earned a Master of Public Administration with a Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security and Public Policy, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Public Policy, Management, and Planning with an Academic Minor in Cinema-Television.