Early Life, Education, and Academic Career
Brennan earned his BS in Education from Florida State University, his MA in Public Policy from the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine, his MSW from the University of New England and has completed the Senior Executive Program in State and Local Government at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Michael is a licensed clinical social worker and worked as a policy associate at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine where he directed projects related to child welfare, substance abuse, mental health and public policy. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of New England and served as Co-Chair on the National Board of Advisors of Casey Family Services. Brennan has also worked as an affordable housing developer and, in the 1970s was an anti-nuclear activist with the Clamshell Alliance.
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