Brickman is an enrolled member to the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. His work for indigenous communities has been focused around land management, restoration, and traditional foods. Gaining experience working in various sectors that include tribal government, tribal non-profit and tribal colleges.
His BA is from Utica college in New York, where he was a student athlete playing on the lacrosse team, and received an MBA from Colorado University at Boulder, Leeds School of Business.
His free time in the wilderness includes hiking, camping, fishing and hunting.