I am a lifelong public servant who has built my life around family, integrity, and service to the community. I value hard work, accountability, and compassion. Being the coroner is not just a job to me, it is a career led by my passion for ensuring quality death investigation and providing the highest level of service to our community.
The Ada County Coroner is the elected official who is ultimately responsible for signing out death certificates with cause and manner of death. It is imperative that the coroner has experience with accurately completing death certificates, understands all facets of a complete death investigation, and ensures the responsible use of resources. I have been preparing for this role my entire career. Ada County doesn’t need someone figuring it out on the job.
- Affiliation with Idaho's only medical school, bringing forensic pathology education to student doctors and needed funds to Ada County.
- Oversaw acquisition and installation of CT Unit.
- Brett recruited and acquired a new forensic pathologist.
- Established a professional relationship with Forensic Pathology Services for part time physicians.
- Created a relationship with the Ada County Medical Society to educate physicians on the signing of death certificates.
- Advanced Medicolegal Investigator training, methods, and capability.
- Authored and distributed a white paper on the Modern Coroner to raise the level of professional practice for Idaho Coroners.
- Educated Idaho coroners on accepted practices for medicolegal death investigation.
- Established alternative revenue streams to supplement ACCO.
- Implemented new call vehicles with off-road capability and power cots.
- Implemented new safety practices in forensic operations.
- Strengthened stakeholder relationships.
- Contributed to enhanced mass fatality preparedness.
- Established an acceptable method for handling skeletal remains.
- Institute culturally sensitive practices for decedents.
Accolades
- Bachelor’s Degree Criminology (BA), University of South Florida
- Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), Nova Southeastern University
- Registered Medicolegal Death Investigator (D-ABMDI)
- Board Certified Medicolegal Death Investigators (F-ABMDI)
- Certified Retrospective Fatality Analyst (C-RFA)
- Certified Psychological Autopsy Investigator (2019)
- Served on the Advisory Council and the Board of Directors for the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)
- The International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners (IACME) Board of Directors
- Forensic Science Foundation (FSF) Board of Trustees
- National Association Retrospective Fatality Analysts (NARFA) Board of Directors
- Basic X-ray Machine Operator, License No. 50497
- FCC Amateur License KK7MVF
- 20th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) appointed by Florida Governor Jeb Bush
- Florida Gulf Coast University, former Instructor
- Edison State College, former Adjunct Professor
- University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine, former Adjunct Instructor
- Published numerous articles in the Journal of Forensic Sciences and the Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
- IACME “Investigator of the Year” 2024
- John R. Hunt Award for sustained superior contributions to AAFS and the forensic science community 2025
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