BRETT BURMEISTER

History, 1992

As the owner and managing editor of Food Carts Portland (foodcartsportland.com), Brett has been tracking and writing about Portland’s dynamic street food scene for several years. As an expert in the field of mobile vending, he has provided consulting services to municipalities and cities across the U.S. and Canada and has been invited to speak at multiple conferences. Linfield taught Brett how to overcome challenges in a methodical way. In his current adventure, Brett keep’s thinking of how he wrote and wrote and wrote at Linfield and it has taken him almost 20 years to realize he has the passion and skill for it. Brett’s history professors taught him how to research and write in a way that engages the reader and he thanks them for that.