Brandon Brice

Brandon Brice (born April 16, 1983) is an American political commentator and media personality. He currently resides in Detroit, Michigan, where he is an on-air radio personality for 101.5 FM/WDYK, as the host of The Brandon Brice Show.

Brice regularly appears on Fox News and MSNBC as a guest political commentator and writes for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

Personal life

Brandon Brice was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Carl Brice, a Michigan State Policeman, and Pamela, a social worker. Brice was raised in the Detroit area and graduated from Brother Rice High School in Birmingham, Michigan.

Education

At age 18, Brandon Brice entered Howard University, where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Business Management. While attending Howard, Brice became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and was the President of the Howard College Republicans. After receiving his undergraduate degree, Brice was accepted to the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, where he was selected to receive the Henry J. Raimondo Legislative Fellowship Award. As a graduate student, Brice taught Economics as a teaching assistant. He subsequently received his Masters of Science in Global Affairs from Rutgers.

Professional career

After receiving his Master's degree, Brice worked as a Senior Community Organizer in Harlem, for New York's Abyssinian Development Corporation, where he advocated for seniors rights and at-risk youth.

In 2004, Brandon Brice served as an Intern for Congressman J. Dennis Hastert while Hastert served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. During this time, Brice also served as a fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He would later intern for the Disarmament Affairs Unit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Brice began his professional career as an Economic Associate with Institute for Opportunity and Equality (IOE). The IOE is the research, advocacy and policy arm of the National Urban League. In this position, Brice was responsible for promoting "social entrepreneurship" in urban communities.

Brice was appointed to serve as Director of African American Affairs and Education Policy Liaison for the Office of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, making him the highest-ranking African-American staffer in the Christie Administration at the time. He would later be appointed as a Property Representative in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's Real Estate Services department.

After leaving Governor Christie's office, Brice moved to Atlanta where he served as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Development for Veterans Empowerment of Georgia. As Director, Brice was responsible for a million dollar budget, used to provide temporary housing and educational opportunities for returning veterans.

Recently, Brice has returned to Detroit, where he currently serves as an executive with the Boy Scouts of America.

Media

Brandon Brice began his media career as a volunteer talk show host at WHUR-FM, while attending Howard University. Brice would later work as a talk show host, on The Brice Report, for WEXL-AM 1340 in Detroit.

Brice has been featured on numerous television programs, including:Fox & Friends, Hannity, C-SPAN's "Road to the White House 2004," BET’s What's At Stake," "Inside City Hall" and has appeared on Grit TV, “The Truth” with BET Commentator Jeff Johnson and on Hot 97 with Lisa Evers. Brice's articles and work have been published by: the Washington Times, Time Out New York and New York-1 and he has been featured as a political analyst for several broadcast networks and their subsidiaries, including: MSNBC, FOX News, ABC, BET and Sirius XM Radio. Brice has also contributed to: Ebony.com, The Village Voice, the Washington Post, and Blaze TV with Andrew Wilkow. He has previously blogged for MSNBC's the Grio and HipHopRepublican.com.

Brice has given lectures at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., Baruch College in New York City, Princeton University, the Harbor League of Baltimore, the National Black Law Students Association and the Alexander Hamilton Society in Washington, D.C.