Brittany Brown is Head of Strategic Initiatives at Spirit of America, where she oversees a team of national security professionals and entrepreneurs advancing high-impact opportunities.

Brittany has more than two decades of experience in national security policy, conflict prevention, and crisis response and has held leadership roles across government and nonprofit sectors, including serving at the International Crisis Group and in US Government agencies such as the Departments of Justice, State, Defense, and the White House’s National Security Council’s Office of African Affairs under both the Obama and first Trump Administrations.

Brittany most recently served as Assistant to the Administrator for the US Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (USAID/CPS), where she played a key role in shaping U.S. strategies for addressing global instability. Prior to that, she led the Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), overseeing critical programs aimed at supporting communities living in uncertainty.

Before entering federal public service, Brittany worked extensively with vulnerable populations, including juvenile detainees, survivors of sexual assault, children in foster care, and women awaiting trial at Chicago’s Cook County Jail, where she managed a GED program.

Brittany holds a master’s degree in public policy and administration from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology from DePaul University.