Staff

Brett Hunt

Senior Director, Next Generation Service Initiatives
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Brett Hunt joined the Volcker Alliance in September 2021 as the senior director of the Next Generation Service Initiatives.

In this role, Brett oversees the Volcker Alliance’s Next Generation Service Corps initiative, working directly with a growing network of universities around the country to create innovative programs that prepare college students for careers in public service. Prior to joining the Alliance, he was the founding executive director of the nation’s first Public Service Academy at Arizona State University.

Brett has over eighteen years of leadership experience in the public and private sectors. He began his career as a captain in the US Army, including deployments to Iraq and Kuwait and service in Korea. He served as a foreign service officer at the Department of State, where he was a vice consul in the US Consulate General in Guadalajara, Mexico. In the private sector, he worked as a consultant on immigration and agriculture issues, as well as on state and federal Department of Defense clean energy programs. He also worked as a manager in the fresh produce industry.

Passionate about veterans’ issues, Brett advocates for veterans at the local, state, and federal levels; he is a facilitator for the Treks 4 Vets program, a wilderness therapy program, serves on US Senator Mark Kelly’s Veterans Advisory Committee, and founded the Veterans Scholar Program at Arizona State University to support student veterans. He also serves on the Arizona Advisory Board for the US Global Leadership Coalition and is a member of the Phoenix Council on Foreign Relations. Brett is active in his community, serving as a youth sports coach and Parent Teacher Association co-president.

Brett holds degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.