He brings to the role over a decade of experience in writing, content marketing, communications strategy, advocacy, and thought leadership. Brendan is a co-founder and coordinator of the Lumen Gentium Forum, a fellowship program building up Catholic leaders for the Church and society by offering young Catholic professionals an intensive formation in Catholic social teaching and virtuous leadership principles—equipping and mobilizing them for Christian mission within their spheres of influence.

Before joining Cardus, Brendan was Director of Content & Chief Writer at UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, where he led the content team and shaped fundraising campaigns for Toronto’s leading Jewish community organization. A McGill University graduate, Brendan co-founded a student newspaper during his undergraduate studies and served as the paper’s first editor-in-chief. After graduating in 2014, he served as speechwriter for Canada’s Finance Minister. Brendan moved to Toronto in 2016, where he joined a leading communications agency network as a copywriter, developing campaigns and content for a wide range of clients.

Brendan is an active lay leader in Toronto’s Catholic community, and advises Catholic organizations on communications, marketing, and forming and mobilizing leaders for mission. He previously served as executive director of Catholic Conscience, a non-partisan Catholic civic engagement organization, where he organized events, educational programs, and other initiatives to form Catholic civic leaders in the full breadth of Catholic social thought. Currently, Brendan serves on the board of directors of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Greater Toronto Central Council, one of Canada’s largest Catholic charities. He is a member of Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice (CAPP), a lay-led Vatican foundation established by Pope Saint John Paul II to promote Catholic social doctrine.

Brendan is an alumnus of Cardus’s inaugural NextGEN Fellowship cohort, as well as the CivicAction DiverseCity Fellowship. Brendan was named to The Peak‘s Emerging Leaders list in 2025, recognizing young leaders shaping Canada’s economy, culture, and society. His greatest joy is spending time with his wife, Catherine, and their son, Blaise—though reading classics comes in close second.