Brent Olmstead

J. Brent Olmstead is a fourth generation Idahoan raised on a cattle ranch south of Twin Falls, Idaho. He is retired following a 35-year career involved in public policy as a lobbyist, finishing as the assistant dean for external and government relations at the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Brent served as the vice president of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry for eight years before forming his own public policy consulting firm, MPIdaho LLC. MPIdaho specialized in agricultural, natural resource, environmental and immigration policy at the state, regional and federal levels.

Brent and his late wife, Jane Wittmeyer, have five children that all reside in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to serving on the advisory board for the James A. and Louise McClure Center for Public Policy Research, Brent has also served on the boards of the Idaho Hispanic Foundation, Idaho Small Business Advisory Council, Children’s Discovery Center of Idaho and Idaho Red Cross.