Brian Christopher Tucker (born December 27, 1975) is an American businessman and philanthropist . He is the founder of Punta Brava Golf & Surf Club, president of Tactical Air Operations, and co-founder of Beyond the Brotherhood. Tucker serves on the board of

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in support of San Diego community and local youth programs.

Early life and education

Tucker was born on December 27, 1975, in

Pasadena, California Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commerci ...

. In 1998, he completed a dual bachelor of art in business and economics degree from Wheaton College, followed by a master's in dispute resolution from The Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution in the

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Career

After completing bachelors, Tucker joined

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and served as president until 2006 Tucker discovered a parcel of land hidden at the tip of the Punta Banda peninsula, which extends seven miles into the

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. The land sits in the middle of the Bay of Todos Santos, which on June 21, 2014, was inducted into the World Surfing Reserve

and is one of the six events on the

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's Big Wave Tou

After putting together the project, now called

Punta Brava Punta Brava is a small suburb located just to the southwest of Havana, Cuba, with a population of roughly 1500 inhabitants. It is one of the wards ( consejos populares) of the La Lisa municipality. Cuban War of Independence Punta Brava and the ne ...

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partnered with Tucker on the design and entitlement. Golf course architect

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announced he will lead the project design on The Fried Egg podcast in 2022.

Other work

Brian Tucker is also a co-founder of Iaomai Medical Ministries, a San Diego–based Christian humanitarian organization focused on improving healthcare for children and communities in Central America and the Caribbean. Tucker served on medical missions to

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

, and

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from 2009-2018. Tucker is fluent in Spanish, and has also been invited to lecture on development and investment issues in Baja California and has been involved with other issues in the Ensenada area. Tucker is on the Board of Young Life, the San Diego Chamber of Commerce as well as the Lincoln Club.

References

External links

Punta Brava Golf & Surf Club

Tactical Air Operations

Skydive San Diego

Iaomai Medical Ministries charity
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