Ed Brandt

Ed completed his early years of school in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a economics degree in 1967. He went on to earn an MBA form the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1971. Before moving to Montana in 1986, Ed was employed at Anheuser-Busch. Currently, Ed is the owner and president of Cardinal Distributing Company, a wholesale distributor of beer, wine and other beverages in a four county area in southwest Montana. He is married to Barbara with a family of five children and four grandchildren. Ed is a former Rotarian, has volunteered with Montana Special Olympics, has served as the national and state director for beverage distributors, president of Gallatin Development Corporation, director with Montana Chamber of Commerce, and has been a member of several other civic and business organizations.