James Brown Manager, Policy and Government Affairs Office of Legislative and Government Affairs American Chemical Society J_Brown@acs.org

James Brown is Assistant Director for Advocacy in the American Chemical Society’s Office of Public Affairs and leads the Society’s efforts to advance a public policy agenda on science and technology issues at the federal and state level. James represents the ACS on the Steering Committee of the House Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus and co-chairs the STEM Education Coalition, an alliance of over 1100 science, business, and education groups devoted to improving math and science education at the federal level. Prior to joining ACS, he worked as a Congressional Aide for Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington as an advisor on energy, science, and environmental matters. He began his career as an engineer with Newport News Shipbuilding, working on aircraft carrier construction. He received a B.S. from the University of New Mexico and an M.S. from Penn State, both in nuclear engineering. He also holds an MBA from George Washington University.