Stephen L. Brown

Stephen L. Brown is a globally recognized governance professional, thought leader and trusted advisor to corporate boards and C-suites. He is a Senior Advisor & Managing Director at KPMG Board Leadership Center where he advises business leaders on key corporate governance challenges.

Formerly, he was CEO of the Society of Corporate Governance and led the corporate governance group at TIAA/Nuveen. Prior to TIAA, Brown practiced securities law at WilmerHale and Skadden and was an associate with Goldman Sachs.

Stephen is a member of several boards including the National Football League Alumni Association, the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, Black Corporate Board Readiness at Santa Clara University, the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership at Columbia University, and CEOs for Corporate Purpose & CEO Investor Network. He is also an NACD Board Leadership Fellow.

Stephen received his B.A. with honors from Yale University and his J.D. from Columbia University Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.