Chanelle Brown is a communications strategist and change agent. After serving as the Senior Research and Policy Fellow at the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute in Atlanta, she returned back home to northern California to work as a Media Relations Strategist at Burrell Communications. Previously, she served as the Public Relations Manager at TV One, Communications Director in the New York State Assembly and as a communications associate with the Los Angeles City Council. 

Chanelle has also held multiple roles at various marketing communications firms and digital media companies. In 2014, she worked as an English teacher and consultant in communications and program development at a social enterprise in Dominican Republic.

As a global citizen and activist, Brown is committed to creating change for underserved communities both locally and internationally. She has served on the inaugural Executive Leadership Team of the International Black Women in Public Policy Institute Young Ambassadors Program, Executive Leadership Team of the National Urban League Young Professionals as Advocacy Chair and Advisory Board Member of the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition. She’s also active in other civic engagement, civil rights and professional organizations. When not working, you can find Chanelle at beaches, traveling, attending music festivals and more.

Chanelle is a graduate of The Los Angeles African American Women in Public Policy Institute at the

University of Southern California, the New York Civil Liberties Union’s Core Organizing Institute, the

National Urban League’s Congressional Advocacy Program and the Dorothy I. Height Global Leadership

Academy. She has been a member of the Los Angeles, Sacramento, New York and Thursday Network YP chapters. She is a proud alumna of Howard University holding a Bachelors of Arts in Telecommunications Management.