Erin Brown

Erin Brown oversees the Population Council’s business development team and builds strong partnerships, engages key donors, and positions the organization to deliver on its mission.

Before joining the Council, Brown was director of Resource Mobilization for Child Protection and Education at Save the Children US, where she raised over $500 million in US government funding to implement programs in child protection and girls’ education in development and fragile contexts. She is an expert in business development systems and competitive opportunities. Prior to joining Save the Children, Brown co-founded BroderickHaight Consulting, which provides business development consulting to nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Brown previously served as senior grant writer at the Guttmacher Institute.

Brown received a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from Williams College. She lives in Maryland with her family.