Background
Brown was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the son of Walter Brown and Linda Phillips Brown and was raised in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Brown was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the son of Walter Brown and Linda Phillips Brown and was raised in Providence, Rhode Island.
He graduated from Moses Brown School in Providence, and from Columbia University in 1993.
He previously served as and executive director of City Year Rhode Island. He received his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2001. In 1993, Brown helped to start City Year in Rhode Island, the first expansion site of the model national service program that brings together diverse young adults ages 17–24 for a year of full-time community service and leadership development.
From 1995-1998, Brown served as Executive Director of City Year Rhode Island. Brown was the from 2003 to 2007. He developed Rhode Island’s first Central Voter Registration System, a computerized voter registration system ensuring accurate voter lists and he launched Motor Voter e-Registration, a first-in-the-nation electronic voter registration system.
He established new lobby regulations increasing public disclosure of the links between lobbyists and elected officials and created Lobbytracker, a web-based tool making lobbyist monthly financial reports available to the public online.
Before becoming the head coach at UMKC Brown was a member of John Beilein's staff for 10 years, five years at Richmond and five years at West Virginia.