Service, Scholarship,
and Systems.
Dr. Brint Montgomery has built a career at the intersection of public service, higher education, technology, and organizational leadership.
He currently serves as Chief Management Officer for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, where his work focuses on mapping the systems, operations, and management structures that support one of Oklahoma’s largest public service agencies.
Before joining the Department, Brint spent more than six years with the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs as Oklahoma’s State Approving Agency Administrator. In that role, he oversaw approval and compliance for GI Bill educational programs across the state. His work with veterans also included serving as Director of the Office of Veteran Services at Southern Nazarene University, helping service members make the transition from military life to higher education and civilian careers.
Brint’s own military service began in the United States Air Force, where he served as an Electronic Warfare Systems Specialist. He later served in public relations with the Army National Guard.
For 25 years, Brint was Full Professor of Philosophy and chair of the Philosophy program at Southern Nazarene University. His academic work emphasized analytic philosophy, philosophy of mind, logic, and the relationship between philosophy and science. Brint also has a background in symbolic A.I. He now serves as Professor at Large. Alongside his academic career, he has worked as a software analyst and consultant in software architecture and project management.
Across each of these roles, Brint’s work has centered on a common problem: how to build systems that serve the people rather than forcing people to serve the system.