Thomas Bryan Preston Jr. is from Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree in scientific illustration from the University of Georgia. Bryan lives with his wife and daughter in Douglas, Georgia.

Bryan currently serves as a member of the Coffee County School Board, representing District 4. He was first elected in 2010 and is serving his fourth term.

Bryan currently works as a sales account manager for Tyson Foods. He previously worked as a regional account executive and account executive at Waypoint, a district manager at Glover Foods, Incorporated, an area sales manager at Zartic Incorporated, a district sales representative at Williams Institutional Foods, a marketing associate at Sysco Atlanta, and an operations manager at the University of Georgia.