Kris Brown

PRESIDENT

As President of Brady, Kris Brown combines a lifelong background in policy, law, and grassroots activism with considerable strategic management expertise to help forge the direction of the organization’s programs and ensure the successful impact of its national and field assets.

A veteran of gun violence prevention work, Ms. Brown started her career on Capitol Hill working for Rep. Jim Moran, advocating for the bill that would eventually become the groundbreaking Brady Bill requiring background checks on federally licensed gun sales. Ms. Brown has also served as the Chief Legal Officer to a publicly traded company based in Switzerland and as a lawyer practicing at the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

Today, she lives in Arlington, VA, with her two teenage daughters.

KRIS BROWN AT BRADY

At Brady, she has helped shape the conversation on gun violence as a national healthcare crisis, launched the organization’s groundbreaking safe storage campaign to End Family Fire, and formed Brady’s Team ENOUGH youth-led initiative after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, FL.

In 2022, Kris was named one of Washingtonian Magazine's Top 500 Most Influential People in Washington, D.C., as well as The Hill's Top Lobbyist of 2022.

KRIS BROWN ON COMMON GROUND

A noted speaker and media commentator, Ms. Brown was featured in the November 2018 TIME magazine cover article, “Guns in America”, in which she noted that Brady is working to move the discussion of gun violence beyond the polarizing politics in American life.

“THERE’S A HUGE AMOUNT OF COMMON GROUND ON THIS ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY AND I HOPE WE’RE FINALLY AT A TIPPING POINT WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH LEGISLATION AND [PROGRAMS] THAT ACTUALLY PROTECT PEOPLE, AND ARE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT.”

Brady President Kris Brown Speaks at Reintroduction of the Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act

A Conversation on Ending Gun Violence (Full Interview) | Chelsea | Netflix

Kris speaking on MSNBC Katy Tur

Kris Brown on House Vote to Expand Gun Background Checks | C-SPAN

Bria Smith of March for Our Lives and Kris Brown of the Brady Campaign

Walmart announces crackdown on ammunition sales

Trump links gun violence to mental illness, backs away from background checks

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