Brigham A. McCown
Founder, Chairman, Board of Directors
Brigham McCown’s career spans four decades of corporate, government, military, and philanthropic service. Known for developing top talent, setting organizational strategies, and achieving operational excellence, he is also an internationally recognized domestic and foreign policy expert.
Brigham is the founder and chairman of the board of the Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure (Aii). He also serves as a senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, a professor of ethics, law, and policy at Miami University, and sits on the board of the Chase School of Law Board of Visitors. He also served as a special advisor to the Secretary of Transportation and advises other government, NGO, and private boards and organizations.
Until 2022, Brigham served as the president and chief executive of Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, responsible for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. During his tenure, Alyeska successfully navigated the challenges of COVID-19, receiving environmental awards for excellence from the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service while ensuring 100% system reliability and achieving significant efficiency gains in operating and capital budgets, with zero API reportable spills or OSHA reportable injuries.
Brigham has held senior-level posts during four presidential administrations at the Department of Transportation (FMCSA, MARAD, OGC, OST, PHMSA) and has advised three presidential transition teams at DoD (navy-marine corps team lead) and DOT (landing team lead, landing team co-lead, personnel co-lead, and core policy member).
His previous roles include working as a chief executive, operating company president, attorney, and trusted advisor to companies and governmental entities. During his twenty-five years of active and active reserve duty, Brigham served as a naval officer and aviator with combined command, major command, operational, and reserve billets. He is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm, Operation Support Democracy, and Operation Unified Assistance.
Brigham has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court and has been named a Lifetime Fellow of the American Bar Association Foundation, an honor limited to one percent of all attorneys. He formerly served as a member and Vice Chair (regulatory) of the USDOT’s Commercial Space Advisory Committee (COMSTAC), whose mission included re-establishing American dominance in space.
He holds a Juris Doctor of Law (Chase-NKU), a Master of Business Administration (Mason-William and Mary), a Graduate Certificate in Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies (Stanford), and a Bachelor of Arts in Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs (Miami).
As a founding board member, Brigham’s commitment to engaging new perspectives, bipartisan collaboration, and his deep knowledge of public safety and infrastructure is imprinted on Aii.
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