He was an assistant secretary in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) and was a member of a presidential committee.
While serving in the air force, Brady married a fellow graduate and school teacher and they had three sons.
His memoirs, speeches and papers are preserved by the LDS Church and local libraries.
Brady attended the University of Utah, and received a bachelor's degree with honours in Accounting.
Brady was employed by companies such as Management Systems Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Hughes Tool Company, an aerospace company in Los Angeles, California from 1966-1970;[5] Bergen Brunswig Corporation, a pharmaceutical company in Los Angeles; Bonneville International, a national broadcasting corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1985-1996;[3] and, was President and Chief Executive Office at Deseret Management Corporation in Salt Lake City from 1996-2009.