As President of Brady, Kris Brown combines a lifelong background in policy, law, and grassroots activism with considerable strategic management expertise to help forge the direction of the organization’s programs and ensure the successful impact of its national and field assets. A veteran of gun violence prevention work, Ms. Brown started her career on Capitol Hill working for Rep. Jim Moran, advocating for the bill that would eventually become the groundbreaking Brady Bill requiring background checks on federally licensed gun sales. Ms. Brown has also served as the Chief Legal Officer to a publicly traded company based in Switzerland and as a lawyer practicing at the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
She lives in Arlington, VA, with her two teenage daughters.
At Brady, she has helped shape the conversation on gun violence as a national healthcare crisis, launched the organization’s groundbreaking safe storage campaign to End Family Fire, and formed Brady’s Team ENOUGH youth-led initiative after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, FL.
In 2022, Kris was named one of Washingtonian Magazine's Top 500 Most Influential People in Washington, D.C., as well as The Hill's Top Lobbyist of 2022.
A noted speaker and media commentator, Ms. Brown was featured in the November 2018 TIME magazine cover article, “Guns in America”, in which she noted that Brady is working to move the discussion of gun violence beyond the polarizing politics in American life.
“THERE’S A HUGE AMOUNT OF COMMON GROUND ON THIS ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY AND I HOPE WE’RE FINALLY AT A TIPPING POINT WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH LEGISLATION AND [PROGRAMS] THAT ACTUALLY PROTECT PEOPLE, AND ARE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT.”
KRIS BROWN, PRESIDENT OF BRADY
Chelsea invited The Brady Campaign's Kris Brown and director of Guns Down America, Igor Volsky, to join her for a conversation on ending gun violence in America in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Colorado State Senator Rhonda Fields, and Kris Brown, the President of Brady, join Katy Tur for a discussion on the state of gun violence in the United States.
Kris Brown, president of the Brady Campaign, discussed recent House action expanding background checks on gun purchases.
Bria Smith of March for Our Lives and Kris Brown of the Brady Campaign join Chuck to discuss gun reform plans.
In order to end America’s gun violence epidemic our leaders in the Senate must take action, not sides, and put our livelihoods over political games. But the filibuster continues to block life-saving legislation that receives bipartisan support.
President Donald Trump is again linking gun violence to mental illness -- despite previously calling for stronger background checks. Alex Witt is joined by Kris Brown, president of Brady, a gun control advocacy group, to discuss Trump’s latest remarks. Plus, Brown explains what Brady needs out of Congress in order to pass gun reform.
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