Gary M. Brito

General (retired) Gary Brito is a distinguished four-star U.S. Army leader whose 38-year career reflects exceptional strategic vision, operational excellence, and enterprise transformation at the highest levels of government. He is recognized for leading complex, mission-critical institutions through training, modernization and transformation to meet rapid shifts in global environments. Gary is a proven architect of large-scale organizational change and risk management.

General Brito is now President of The Brito Group, LLC, providing consulting and strategic advisory services. He brings deep expertise in governance, coaching, strategy, organizational transformation, workforce development, and high-stakes operational decision-making.

As Commanding General of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command – a command that drove the Army’s institutional engine for training, education, and development, General Brito served as the CEO responsible for preparing approximately one million soldiers and civilians. He managed a $4.3B annual budget, spearheaded significant modernization initiatives, including the development of an army-wide health and holistic fitness strategy, actions that drove solutions towards recruiting challenges, integration of advanced training technologies and system-wide transformation; all of which drove critical change and supported enterprise transformation initiatives.

Previously, as the U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (G-1), he served as a SVP leading end-to-end human capital, readiness, and workforce policy for the entire Army. His people-first, data-driven approach strengthened fiscal accountability, optimized talent management, and elevated organizational readiness across a skilled workforce of approximately 1000 personnel providing expert HR support to the total Army of approximately 1 million personnel.

General Brito also commanded (CEO) the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, GA and the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, LA – two of the nation’s most critical training and force-generation platforms – where he drove innovation, advanced organizational agility, leader development and operational preparation.

Gary Brito holds a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University, a master’s degree in human resource management from Troy State University and completed elite executive programs including Leadership at the Peak and MIT’s Seminar XXI. He received Penn State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2025 – the institution’s highest honor.

He is passionate about contributing his He is passionate about contributing his multifaceted perspective to boards across the public and private sectors, technology, defense, and youth development sectors in addition to public speaking.

He is married to Michelle Brito, née Harper, and they have two adult sons, Matthew and Patrick.