Phillip D. Brady
McLean, VA

Phillip Brady was appointed President of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) in June 2001. He directs a staff of almost 500 employees, who carry out the activities of the association in government and industry relations, education and dealership operations, public affairs and dealer retirement and insurance programs. The NADA represents 19,400 franchised new-car and truck dealers holding 40,000 separate franchises, domestic and import. Prior to joining NADA, he served five years as the Vice President and General Counsel for the American Automobile Manufacturers Association, the then trade association for Chrysler, Ford and General Motors.

During the first Bush Administration Brady served in the White House as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary from 1991-1993, and in the U.S. Department of Transportation as General Counsel from 1989-1991. During the Reagan Administration he served in the White House as Deputy Counsel to the president from 1988-1989 and as Deputy Assistant to the vice president from 1985-1988. Prior governmental service also includes appointments in the U.S. Department of Justice and with the U.S. Congress.

His board memberships include the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Management Advisory Council, the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation, Northwood University, University of Notre Dame Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace, and the Automotive Hall of Fame.

Brady, a cum laude graduate of both the University of Notre Dame and Loyola University School of Law, practiced law in California before coming to Washington, D.C. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife, Katie, and their three children.

"Northwood University makes a critical contribution to higher education in the United States by being a first-class University with an overarching interest in instilling its graduates with a particular commitment to our free enterprise system and entrepreneur-ship."