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Michael Brown
CEO and Co-Founder
City Year, Inc.
Boston, MA
Michael Brown is the Co-Founder and CEO of City Year, a nonprofit organization built on the belief that young people can change the world. Founded in 1988, City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service. This year 1,400 young leaders are making a difference in the lives of children and transforming schools and neighborhoods across the United States and in South Africa.
More than 10,000 City Year corps members have served more than 16 million hours as tutors, mentors and role models to more than one million children, engaging one million citizens in their work, and earning access to $39 million in college scholarships through the AmeriCorps National Service Trust. City Year was an inspiration for the federal AmeriCorps initiative through which 500,000 Americans have served their country.
For his work developing City Year, Michael Brown has been awarded several distinctions, most notably the Reebok Human Rights Award, and four honorary degrees. He was named one of America’s Best Leaders by US News and World Report in 2006.
Mr. Brown is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he served as a member of the Harvard Law Review. Prior to starting City Year, Mr. Brown served as a legislative assistant to Congressman Leon Panetta and as a clerk for Federal Judge Stephen Breyer.