DGE 5280

Brady Connell

Club: Playe Venice Sunrise

Brady serves as Executive Producer and showrunner of ABC’s holiday television series, The Great Christmas Light Fight. He was also Executive Producer of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where he supervised the television production and construction of over 100 new homes for deserving families. Brady has been instrumental in the launch some of televi­sion’s most successful series, including Survivor and The Amazing Race. He and partner television producer Lauri Chryss, live in Marina del Rey, CA, and have a daughter and son in college. 

After the 2025 Los Angeles fires, Brady led his district’s efforts to support over 300 fire victims with sifters and personal protective equipment to safely search for lost personal items. Brady served as Senior Assistant Governor – Membership 2021-24, and as Assistant Gov­ernor 2020-21. From 2018-20 he spearheaded a massive Habitat for Humanity project for his district, helping to build 10 homes for deserving families in Culver City, CA. He is past president, and Rotarian of the Year, of the Playa Venice Sunrise Rotary Club.