Kwame Rashaan Brown began his life on October 13, 1970, at Columbia Hospital for Women in Washington, D.C. Brown attended D.C. Public Schools and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. While in high school, Brown participated in the Mayor's Youth Leadership Program and spent a semester at Phelps Vocational School. Brown paid his way through college by working for MCI, graduating from Morgan State University, with a B.A. in Marketing. He is also a graduate of the Business Executive Program, & Advanced Business Executive Program at the Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College.

Brown's political roots in the District of Columbia run deep. His first campaign experiences date back to the early 1980's. As a young teen, Brown worked as a campaign volunteer for such DC notables as John Ray, Charlene Drew Jarvis, Marion Barry, and even his father Marshall Brown. In addition, Kwame worked on the Clinton/Gore '92 Campaign during his college years and in 1996 he worked on the Clinton/Gore Re-elect. During the Gore/Lieberman Campaign in 2000, Brown was honored to serve on the Business Roundtable Advisory Council and later as a grass roots organizer in Pinnelas County, Florida.

In the past twelve years, Kwame has honed his skills and developed many attributes by diversifying his career path. He has worked in various positions for MCI, Wal-Mart Corporation, CitiGroup, and First Union. In 1999, President William J. Clinton appointed Brown to Senior Advisor at the United States Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency. After one year as Senior Advisor, Brown was promoted by Secretary Norman Mineta as the Director of the Business Liaison Office within the Commerce Department.

Until December 2004, Brown was President/CEO of the Maryland/District of Columbia Minority Supplier Development Council. The eclectic mixture of career opportunities gave him invaluable experience in the private, public, and non-profit sectors.

Eager to be a full-time Councilmember, to focus new energy and new ideas on the everyday problems facing District residents, Brown decided to run for DC Council during the summer of 2002. The Democratic primary voters of the District of Columbia overwhelmingly voted to nominate Brown as their candidate for D.C. Council At-Large. Brown garnered 54% of the vote, besting 14- year incumbent Harold Brazil. In November, Brown won with over 167,000 votes reflective of every ward, naming him the first elected At-Large Councilmember residing East of the River.

Councilmember Brown currently serves on four standing council committees; Consumer & Regulatory Affairs, Economic Development, Judiciary and Public Works and the Environment. On January 31, 2005, Chairman Linda W. Cropp appointed Brown to serve as chair of a special project on Local, Small and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (LSDBE). As chair, Brown desires to implement a unified local business development plan for the District and develop a set of policy recommendations maximize the effectiveness of current programs administered by the District of Columbia's independent agencies and corporations aimed at aiding local small and disadvantaged businesses.

Brown has been actively involved in civic life and social change. He has helped D.C. school students access a national database of college scholarships. Brown currently sits on the Board of Directors for the DC Children's Trust Fund, and has been involved in community organizations such as the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and the Good Samaritan Foundation. Brown also served as Co-Chair of the Hillcrest Civic Association legislative committee and currently serves as the Chair of the Ward Seven Democrats Committee on Boards and Commissions.

Brown lives in the Hillcrest community of Southeast Washington with his wife of ten years Marcia, 3-year old daughter Lauren and 1-year old son Kwame II.