Senator Cameron Brown

CAMERON S. BROWN
STATE SENATOR
R-FAWN RIVER TOWNSHIP
16th DISTRICT (Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee & St. Joseph counties)

GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Now serving his second term, Senator Cameron S. Brown, R-Fawn River Twp., was first elected to the Michigan Senate in November 2002, following two terms in the state House of Representatives. He was re-elected to the Senate in November 2006.

Sen. Brown chairs the Homeland Security and Emerging Technologies Committee. He also serves as the vice chair of both the Campaigns and Elections Committee, and the Energy Policy Committee. A member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Brown serves as chair of the subcommittee on agriculture. He serves on the K-12/school aid/education subcommittee, the History, Arts and Libraries subcommittee and the Capital Outlay subcommittee.

Before election to the state Legislature, Sen. Brown served ten years as a St. Joseph County commissioner and was elected board chairman three times. He also served five years on the Sturgis City Commission from 1981 to 1986.

PROFESSIONAL

Sen. Brown was previously employed as Vice-President, Marketing for Freeman Manufacturing Co., an orthopedic soft goods manufacturer, located in Sturgis. He was with the company for 18 years.

EDUCATIONAL

Sen. Brown received his undergraduate training at the College of William and Mary and the University of Missouri - Kansas City, where he earned a bachelor's degree in history. He has a master's of public administration from Western Michigan University.

PERSONAL

Sen. Brown was born on July 6, 1954, the 100th birthday of the founding of the Republican Party in Jackson, Michigan. He is the sixth generation to reside in southern Michigan. He and his wife, Helen, live in the farmhouse built by his great-great-grandparents.

ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

Sen. Brown has served as the president of the Sturgis Rotary Club and president of Sturgis United Fund. He served as treasurer of the St. Joseph County Historical Society and is a charter member of U.S. Congressman Fred Upton's Military Academies Advisory Committee.

Brown has been a volunteer for the Sturgis Neighborhood Program and has taught Michigan history at Glen Oaks Community College. He attends Sturgis Wesleyan Church.

AWARDS

Sen. Brown has been awarded the following: South Central Michigan Works! 2006 Public Service Recognition Award; the Michigan Municipal Electric Association 2006 Public Service Award; 2006 Honorary State Future Farmers of America Degree; 2005 Republican of the Year by the Lenawee County Republican Party; recipient of the 2005 Distinguished Service Award from NAACP; Legislator of the Year, Michigan Sheriff's Association; Glen Oaks Community College Fellow; 2002 Liberty Bell Award winner by the St. Joseph County Bar Association; Friend of Agriculture by Michigan Farm Bureau; named a Guardian of Small Business by the NFIB; special recognition award by the American Legion as a "leader in the Michigan Legislature"; 1999 Star Award recipient given by the Deputy Sheriff's Association; 100% Voting Record Award, Small Business Association of Michigan; and recognized as an Agricultural Ally by the Michigan Agribusiness Association.

Senator Cameron Brown can be contacted by clicking here.