After graduating from Loyola, Brendan worked as a journalist for a couple years. He went back to school to get a Master's in Higher Ed Administration at Northwestern. Brendan worked in undergraduate admissions at Northwestern for three years, including overseeing the campus visitors center before switching sides of the desk to work at Schuler.

Brendan enjoys playing sports, watching sports, talking about sports, traveling with his wife, running fantasy football leagues, writing, and playing with dogs, Lily and Orabelle.