Brad Rogers Carson is an American lawyer and politician who was the 21st president of the University of Tulsa from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005. He is the only person to have voted on the authorization of the Iraq War in Congress and to have subsequently fought in it. He served with the 84th EOD Battalion of the US Army in 2008–2009, earning a Bronze Star, and from 2015 to 2016, was the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, where he initiated a number of notable reforms to modernize civilian and military personnel systems. He served as Under Secretary of the Army from 2014 to 2015 and as General Counsel of the Army from 2012 to 2014. On April 5, 2021, the University of Tulsa announced Carson had been selected to be the 21st president of the university, effective July 1, 2021. He resigned from the position on May 31, 2025. In 2024, Carson launched Americans for Responsible Innovation, a new policy group dedicated to artificial intelligence. He currently serves as president of ARI, which is based in Washington, D.C.