Brett Weiss was born in Chicago and has a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from Northern Illinois University and a master’s degree from Governor’s State University in urban teacher education. He taught high school for eighteen years and spent five years running a social...

Brett Weiss was born in Chicago and has a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics from Northern Illinois University and a master’s degree from Governor’s State University in urban teacher education. He taught high school for eighteen years and spent five years running a social services agency, and twenty years in software sales. He and his wife Christine have been married for thirty-four years and have two adult children.