Mr. Brey retired in 2004 after spending thirty-five years as a college professor and administrator in Austin, Texas. When he retired in 2004, Ron was associate vice president for Instructional Resources and Technology at Austin Community College. He served on the boards of numerous state and national associations involved with the development of distance learning programs. He also was a member of institutional review committees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Southeastern accreditation agency. Shortly after moving to Portland in 2006, Ron became a volunteer with Equity Foundation and served on the Grants Committee and Juvenile Justice Committee. In 2011 he was appointed to the Equity Foundation board and served as treasurer for six years. Ron was on the board when Equity Foundation merged with Pride Foundation (Seattle). The merger was viewed as a strategic move by both foundations to provide more resources to meet the needs of the LGBTQ community throughout the Pacific Northwest. He served two years on the Pride Foundation board as part of the transition process.