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Brennan Grignon
Operations Lead, &Mother

Brennan has lead research efforts for &Mother since early 2022, building out the quantitative data to support &Mother’s work in shifting the narrative around mothers in sports. In June 2023, Brennan became the operations lead for &Mother, developing and streamlining internal processes and working with partners to grow the organization’s initiatives and impact.

Brennan spent much of the last decade serving as the supply chain lead for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. She led two multi-agency assessments of the defense industrial base under two Presidential Administrations; was the primary industry liaison for the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (DoD’s chief weapons buyer); and managed industrial relationships between the U.S. and partner nations’ to ensure viability of global supply chains supporting national security. During the initial year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brennan was a core member of DoD’s COVID-19 response team, formulating supply chain strategies for DoD, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the White House.

The first half of Brennan’s career was spent in the finance sector, leading private sector research and development programs, and providing strategic planning expertise to civilian federal agencies.

Brennan is a graduate of American University, with a bachelor’s degree in History and Biology, and a master’s degree in History. She lives in Washington, DC with her family.