Brandi graduated from the University of Montana with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting in 1997. She earned her law degree from the University of Montana, School of Law in 2000. Following her graduation from Montana, she boarded a plane to the Big Apple where she attended the Masters of Laws program at New York University, School of Law. In 2001, she graduated from NYU with an LL.M. in Taxation. Following her big city experience, she moved back to Billings, Montana where she practiced tax law with a small firm until 2006. Brandi joined TAVAS in the Fall of 2006.