Before joining the Stennis Center in 1990, Brother served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Donald Payne of New Jersey. Brother is a 1987 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Alabama, where he earned an undergraduate degree in economics and was selected as a Harry S. Truman Scholar from Mississippi. He grew up in Brandon, Mississippi.
Brother is active in community affairs.
He is the immediate past president of the Kiwanis Club of Starkville, and previously served as vice president of the Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity affiliate. He serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way of North Central Mississippi and is the 2001 campaign chair of their annual fund raising campaign. He is the facilitator for the Race Relations Team of the Starkville Area Chamber of Commerce and a guest columnist for the Starkville Daily News . Brother also serves on the Troop Committee for Boys Scouts Troop 14. In April 1998, he chaired the Summit for Oktibbeha County's Future, a conference focused on helping at-risk youth.