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Brian Sobel

Brian Sobel is the principal consultant for Sobel Communications, located in Petaluma, California. Sobel has many years of experience in the corporate and public sectors.

He spent several years working for a major corporation as a writer, training consultant and video producer. He has been the principal for Sobel Communications for over thirty years.

In the public sector Sobel has served as a planning commissioner and vice mayor of Petaluma.

Sobel is the author of two books, including The Fighting Pattons, the story of a father and son in war and peace, and an anthology, along with numerous articles that have appeared in national publications including The Wall Street Journal and others.

Specializing in military history, Sobel has contributed to a variety of military magazines and has often appeared on radio and television discussing military, historic and current affairs, including appearances on the History Channel. Sobel also currently provides political analysis and commentary for KTVU TV2 in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with numerous other media outlets.

His latest book is an anthology entitled The Indispensable Handbook of Quotes, Passages, Musings and Sayings.