Derek Brown

Derek Brown serves as Secretary and Co-Director of the Peace Appeal Foundation, which has supported dialogue and negotiations processes in Lebanon, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Prior to that, he was an executive team member for Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a global institution investing in leading social entrepreneurs. He was a 2015-2016 Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. A strong internationalist with a deep commitment to social justice, he has worked in both his professional and personal life to nurture social and public innovations across the world by enabling changemakers in diverse societies.