Bradford P. Campbell grew up in Virginia. He received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1995, where he was the President-Elect of the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Club. He then went on to receive his J.D. from Georgetown University while serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy. Prior to joining the Department of Labor, Campbell worked on Capitol Hill as Legislative Director for then-Congressman Ernest Fletcher (R-Kentucky) and prior to this he was the Senior Legislative Assistant to former Congressman, and current SEC Chairman, Christopher Cox (R-California). Joining the Department of Labor in 2001, Campbell represented the Department of Labor to the Congress on issues pertaining to ERISA and the Employee Benefits Security Administration as the Senior Legislative Officer in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs. Campbell previously held the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy since March 5, 2004, until he stepped up to acting Assistant Secretary, October 30, 2006, and was confirmed as Assistant Secretary by the US Senate on August 3, 2007.