Past As Prelude

As details about the career of FEMA head Michael Brown have emerged, we've learned some interesting things about his past. From The Boston Herald (via Josh Marshall here):

Before joining the Bush administration in 2001, Brown spent 11 years as the commissioner of judges and stewards for the International Arabian Horse Association, a breeders' and horse-show organization based in Colorado.

"We do disciplinary actions, certification of (show trial) judges. We hold classes to train people to become judges and stewards. And we keep records," explained a spokeswoman for the IAHA commissioner's office. "This was his full-time job...for 11 years," she added.

Brown was forced out of the position after a spate of lawsuits over alleged supervision failures.

"He was asked to resign," Bill Pennington, president of the IAHA at the time, confirmed last night.

And how does Brown's bio on the FEMA website describe those eleven years of his life?

Prior to joining FEMA, Mr. Brown practiced law in Colorado and Oklahoma, where he served as a bar examiner on ethics and professional responsibility for the Oklahoma Supreme Court and as a hearing examiner for the Colorado Supreme Court.

Eleven long years. A full-time job. And not a single equestrian reference.

Did Brown or the White House somehow forget to submit that information to FEMA? Or at some point was a decision made that getting fired from running horse shows was either too inconsequential or too inconvenient to cite as a qualification for Brown's present occupation?