Mr. Brown is a tax partner with Ernst & Young, where he is the West Region Director of State and Local Tax Services and a member of the National State Tax Committee. He is a member of the California Society of CPA's Tax Committee and the Tax Committee of the California Chamber of Commerce; on the Board of Directors of Cal–Tax; and a Director of the Advisory Boards of both the San Jose State University Masters of Tax program and the University of Southern California's School of Public Administration. He is the author of a quarterly column on state taxation published by the California Society of CPA's. He received his B.S. and M.B.A. (Taxation), with honors, from the University of Southern California.