About Me: Kaysie Brown leads UNF's policy work as as the Head of Policy Planning, where she works on a variety of efforts related to international cooperation and action. Prior to her time at UNF, she was chief of staff and senior advisor to the U.S. Special Coordinator for the Sustainable Development Goals. She has extensive governmental, policy, and academic experience working on the intersection of security, development, and partnerships.

She also served as Deputy Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program at the Council on Foreign Relations and Senior Program Officer at the International Peace Institute and the Center for Global Development. Kaysie has an MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and a B.A with honors in International Relations from Lewis and Clark College. She lives in Takoma Park, MD, with her husband and two children.