Director

The third generation of his family to serve in the military, Brad joined the Canadian Forces in 1975 under the Officer Cadet Training Program.  He was posted to the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise`s), in Petawawa, Ontario, upon completion of the Armour Officer training.

Regimental duty saw Brad serve in Canada, Germany and on a United Nations tour in Cyprus.  Intermixed with his regimental duty, Brad served as an instructor at the Armour School of the Combat Arms Centre in Gagetown, New Brunswick.  He obtained his university degree from the University of Manitoba and completed the Canadian Forces Command and Staff College (Toronto) after returning from a three year tour in Lahr, Germany.  Brad was subsequently posted to the National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa where he served on the National Joint Plans staff for three years, completed one year as the Armour Officer Career Manager and nearly two years in the Directorate of Defence Analysis.

Brad retired from the Canadian Forces in 1998 at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel when he joined Dominion Command of The Royal Canadian Legion as an Administrative Officer.  Five years later, he became the Director, Administration.  Brad was part of the organizing committee for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Director of the National Remembrance Day Ceremony and organized the Dominion Conventions.  Brad was appointed to his current position as the Dominion Secretary in August 2009.

Brad and his wife Thérèse are proud to call Ottawa their home after their nomadic life.  Their two sons, Jonathan and Erik, are graduates from the University of Ottawa and are now serving members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.  Family life has always been important to the Whites including the many hours in hockey arenas, baseball fields and soccer pitches.  The entire family enjoys an occasional friendly golf game and family get togethers.