George Brown

George C. Brown
Executive Director
State Bar of Wisconsin
Madison

George Brown is the Executive Director of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Prior to joining the State Bar staff in November 1986, George served as the chief aide to the Assembly co-chairman of the Wisconsin State Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance. As Public Affairs Director from 1986 to 1997, George served as chief lobbyist and public relations director for the State Bar. A former chairperson of the National Association of Bar Executives (NABE) Communications Section and the current NABE Secretary, George has spoken at more than three dozen NABE, National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP), and American Bar Association (ABA) conferences.

In 1997, George joined Wisconsin's second largest law firm as a contract lobbyist, representing national corporations and statewide associations before the Wisconsin legislature and state agencies. George rejoined the State Bar of Wisconsin in 1998 as Associate Executive Director, a position he held until his appointment as Executive Director in May 2000. George and his wife, Nancy, a high school English and Reading teacher, live in Madison, Wisconsin. They have two adult children.