Before being appointed President and CEO of Home Builders Institute (HBI) in 2018, Brady led a large regional home building company in Illinois. Following the 2008 financial crisis, he served on the Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission, working with other leading experts to advance the nation’s housing policy.

He serves on the Advisory Committee of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy. He has also served on boards for Chicago Federal Home Loan Bank, Enterprise Community Partners, Illinois Habitat for Humanity, as well as on other economic development and housing-related boards. Brady was the National Association of Home Builders 2016 Chairman. In 2018, he was inducted into the Illinois Home Builders Hall of Fame and in 2023 inducted into the National Housing Hall of Fame. Brady is a sought after thought leader in the housing industry and workforce development space and has been interviewed by Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Pro Builder, Offsite Builder and Politico. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political business from Illinois Wesleyan University.