Bret Perkins serves as Senior Vice President of External and Government Affairs for Comcast Corporation. In this role he is responsible for local government affairs, strategic partnerships with state and local intergovernmental associations, and national policy advocacy organizations.
Bret joined Comcast in 2001 and has managed local government affairs while the Company grew from operating in 2,500 communities to 6,000 communities. His responsibilities have included implementing the company’s regulatory and legislative initiatives at the local level, managing relationships with state and local intergovernmental associations, developing political strategy, and grassroots communications.
Prior to joining Comcast, he served as Vice President of System Services and Assistant to the President at Mercy Health System in Pennsylvania and worked in legislative affairs at Keystone Mercy/AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan and with the North Philadelphia Health System.
In 2008, Bret received the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Vanguard Award for Young Leadership, one of the cable industry’s highest honors for its next generation of leaders.
Bret is a Trustee of Temple University and serves on the board of Temple University Health System. He is a member of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. He serves on the Board and Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia and is past Chair and a member of the Board of The Committee of Seventy. He is also a member of the boards of, PIDC, American Council of Young Political Leaders, Spring Garden Lending, and the Philadelphia Citizen.
He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Temple University and resides in Philadelphia with his wife and two children.
