Brown, Director of International Programs and Senior International Officer at the University of Idaho, Moscow, since 2008, has extensive experience in international management of student marketing and recruitment; study abroad and associated risk management; international student, scholar and faculty services; intensive English as a Second Language Program; international and intercultural programming; and international grant initiatives. Her recruitment efforts at the University of Idaho included establishing an office in Beijing with four sub-branches in different regions of China.
From 2001 to 2008, Brown was Director of the International Studies Office at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Also a member of the general faculty, she presided over an increase in the student population studying overseas to 2,000 from 600. She also bolstered faculty-led study abroad programs, risk management for study abroad, international student and scholar services, and intercultural programming. Additional duties included chairing the University-wide Financial Aid Committee 2003-2008, and serving as Legislative Advisor to the Office of State Governmental Relations for international and immigration issues.
Earlier, Brown was Director of International & Intercultural Education in the Maricopa Community College District of Tempe, Arizona.
Brown received her doctorate in 1991 in Philosophy, Agricultural Education and Studies from Iowa State University, Ames; her master’s of science in education from UC Davis in 1987 and her teaching credentials in international political theory, international relations and vocational agriculture form UC Davis in 1986.