Born in North Carolina, Brandenburg, PE, grew up in southern Virginia where a longtime family friend introduced her to civil engineering at an early age by enlisting her help answering phones and run errands for his construction business. 

Brandenburg holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from NC State and spent 28 years at the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) before retiring in 2015. At NCDOT, she held positions in construction — administering construction projects in the Raleigh/Durham area — and in maintenance and asset management, helping North Carolina maintain and improve its nearly 80,000-mile roadway network. 

After leaving NCDOT, Brandenburg spent four years with a private engineering firm, working in various aspects of its business from design management to maintenance operations and business development. She joined AgileAssets in August 2020 in the middle of the COVID pandemic. At AgileAssets, she uses her vast transportation experience to work with clients and software developers to create state of the art products that help transportation agencies make better decisions. She is the Southeastern account executive and covers the southeastern U.S. from Virginia to Louisiana and Arkansas.

She is also an adjunct faculty member at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where she teaches highway infrastructure in the Construction Management Program.

She and her husband live on a farm in Granville County, North Carolina, with their two German Shepherds and assorted farm animals. This year, they will celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary.