Mary Brown
President & CEO
Sickle Disease Foundation
Mary Brown is a nationally recognized Sickle Cell community based organization (CBO) leader, with over 40 years’ experience in the field. As President and CEO of the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation, for the last twenty years, she and her team are transforming CBO capacity and partnerships, not just locally, but regionally and nationally to ease the burden of this disease by
improving care. Her successful collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Health opened an advanced practice medical home for adults with sickle cell disease in 2016 at the MLK Jr. Outpatient Center, increasing access to care. This is the only sickle cell clinic
in Los Angeles County for publicly insured adults. She broadened stakeholder commitment to sickle cell services through productive alliances with Regional HHS leaders, minority health professions and advocacy organizations: African-American Physicians, Hispanic Nurses, and African Immigrants increasing knowledge about evidence based therapies. The SCDFC has 27 years of experience as California’s only certified Newborn Screening counseling and education center for Sickle Cell Trait. She also serves as President of the Executive Directors Leadership Council and a member, Board of Directors of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America a patient advocacy agency for over 10 years.
improving care. Her successful collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Health opened an advanced practice medical home for adults with sickle cell disease in 2016 at the MLK Jr. Outpatient Center, increasing access to care. This is the only sickle cell clinic
in Los Angeles County for publicly insured adults. She broadened stakeholder commitment to sickle cell services through productive alliances with Regional HHS leaders, minority health professions and advocacy organizations: African-American Physicians, Hispanic Nurses, and African Immigrants increasing knowledge about evidence based therapies. The SCDFC has 27 years of experience as California’s only certified Newborn Screening counseling and education center for Sickle Cell Trait. She also serves as President of the Executive Directors Leadership Council and a member, Board of Directors of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America a patient advocacy agency for over 10 years.
