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Brian Anderson (born January 26, 1986) is an American politician and former diplomat running in the nonpartisan November 8, 2022 election for Austin City Council's 5th district. Anderson interned for former San Antonio Congressman Charlie Gonzalez and worked on staff at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Early life, education, and career
Brian Anderson was born in Fort Worth, Texas and attended Keller High School but graduated from Harvest Christian Academy in Watauga, Texas. Anderson earned a dual BBA degree in economics and finance from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University in 2010. Anderson studied abroad at the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea in 2008. Anderson attended the School of Advanced International Studies(SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University during the COVID-19 pandemic, graduating in 2021. Anderson is a first-generation college graduate.

Anderson interned for former San Antonio Congressman and Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference Charlie Gonzalez during the "2010 red wave" election year. Anderson worked for several years on staff at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), first as a research and data analyst in the Statistics Department then as an HRIS analyst. While on staff he served as a board member, vice president, and president of IMF-GLOBE, the business resource group for Queer staff and served on the Diversity Working Group reporting to the executive board.

Before attending graduate school at SAIS, Anderson worked as a researcher in the finance practice at Gartner, authoring case study research on Fortune-500 companies in internal controls, finance digital transformation, financial forecasting, and CFO leadership effectiveness.

Anderson has a passion for third wave coffee and has worked part and full-time over the years in the movement, first at Compass Coffee in Washington, D.C. and presently at Medici Roasting in Austin, TX.