Brendan Huffman is the President & CEO of the Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA), which is recognized as the most active and influential business group in the San Fernando Valley.  

Prior to joining VICA in 2006, Brendan spent four years as the head lobbyist and Director of Public Policy at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and played an active role in revitalizing the organization's influence in the legislative processes through collaboration and grassroots advocacy.

Before joining the staff of the L.A. Area Chamber, Brendan had been a consultant specializing in regulatory work with environmental agencies. Brendan also served as a legislative aide between 1994-99, to former Assemblymembers Burt Margolin and Wally Knox, each of whom represented the forty-second district in West Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.

Brendan graduated from UCLA with a bachelor's degree in political science and was educated in public and private schools in West Los Angeles. He has worked on several political campaigns and continues to advise officeholders and candidates on economic development issues. Brendan served on the L.A. Business Tax Advisory Committee (BTAC), which is widely credited with crafting the first significant reform, simplification and reduction the city's arcane business tax system. He also initiated and served on the city's the Small & Local Business Advisory Committee and now serves on the city's Business Retention Task Force.

Brendan hails from one L.A.'s most recognized and accomplished families in the sailing community. He has won several long-distance races to Hawaii and southern Mexico and many prestigious regattas, including a national championship. A third generation Angelino, Brendan resides in Studio City, California with his wife, where they are raising their two sons.