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Brandon Thaler is the Founder and President of Dewey Consulting Group, an advisory firm that helps organizations optimize their operations and employ actionable strategies to achieve sustainable results. He has over a decade of experience leading strategy, operations, and financial management across the government, nonprofit, campaign, and the private sectors.
 

Brandon most recently served as a Presidential Appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As the Chief of Staff for the Office of Administration, Brandon provided strategic leadership and operational direction for the agency’s 8,400 employees, $10B procurement portfolio, and 3.5 million square feet of space across 70 offices nationwide. During his tenure, Brandon oversaw critical improvements to the Department’s operational capacity including significant reductions in procurement times and removing human resources from the agency’s high-risk list. In addition, he coordinated implementation of the bipartisan Build America, Buy America law across HUD’s $67B federal financial assistance portfolio.
 

Before HUD, Brandon was the Operations Lead for the Biden-Harris Transition Team, managing finances for the largest formal Presidential Transition to date. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for the 2020 Democratic National Convention’s Milwaukee Host Committee, where he directed the day-to-day operations for the first virtual presidential nominating convention.

Earlier in his career, Brandon built the operations program at Bluelabs, a pioneering analytics and technology startup founded by the data team behind President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. He holds a Master’s in Management from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor’s in Political Science and International Relations from American University.