Michele Brown

Michele Brown is President and Chief Executive Officer of Choose New Jersey, Inc., an independently funded and operated nonprofit organization charged with encouraging economic growth throughout the state of New Jersey with a focus on making the state’s most distressed cities engines for growth and opportunity.

Choose New Jersey leads global promotion, business attraction and lead generation efforts designed to attract investment and jobs to the Garden State. It is one of four elements of the New Jersey Partnership for Action (PFA), which also includes the New Jersey Business Action Center, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. Under the leadership of Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, the PFA serves as the starting point for all initiatives, policies and efforts related to growing New Jersey’s economy and creating quality, sustainable jobs.

Brown came to Choose New Jersey after serving for more than two years as chief executive officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA), an independent state agency responsible for providing financing to small and mid-sized businesses, administering tax incentives to retain and grow jobs and revitalizing communities through redevelopment initiatives.

Prior to that, Brown served as Appointments Counsel to Governor Chris Christie, where she provided strategic and legal guidance to the Governor. Ms. Brown has an extensive background practicing law, serving 18 years at the United States Attorney’s Office in New Jersey.

A native of Trenton, Ms. Brown received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A., magna cum laude, from Drew University.