Project Meridian Foundation Announces a New Advisor Sheriff Michael Brown
“Combating Human Trafficking of Children and Young Women”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nathan Wilson
Thursday, September 22, 2009 202-257-0987,
Contact.Us@projectmeridianfoundation.org
Project Meridian Foundation Announces a New Advisor
Project Meridian Foundation (PMF) proudly announces the addition of a new advisor to the PMF Board of Directors. Nathan Wilson, President / CEO of PMF states, “Sheriff Brown brings invaluable law enforcement and intelligence experience to the foundation. We proudly welcome him to our organization and look forward to accomplishing our goal of eradicating human trafficking and sex trafficking in the U.S. and rehabilitating the victims of this horrific menace to society.”
SHERIFF MICHAEL J. BROWN
Sheriff Michael J. Brown is a native of Bedford County, Virginia, and has forty-three years of law enforcement and intelligence experience on a local, national, and international level. Sheriff Brown is a retired Senior Special Agent with the U.S. Treasury Department (BATF).
He served with the US Army Military Police Corps (1967-1970); as a police officer with the Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.; as a Staff Support Specialist with the CIA; and, prior to his election as Sheriff on 1 January 1996, he was a criminal justice consultant and program developer with the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. State Department in Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
Sheriff Brown is the Chairman of Safe Surfin’ Foundation, a Board of Directors, National Sheriffs’ Association, a member of the Board of Directors, National White Collar Crime Center, and a member of the Board of Advisors, a Board Advisor to Project Meridian Foundation, Law Enforcement Innovation Center, University of Tennessee. Sheriff Brown holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Police Administration and the Administration of Justice from the American University in Washington, D.C.
About Project Meridian Foundation
Project Meridian Foundation (PMF) works to assist International, Federal, State, and Local law enforcement agencies by offering education and awareness training so they may identify and recover victims of human and sex trafficking. PMF strives to bring awareness to the most vulnerable youth in the United States between the ages of 11 and 17, as well as educating University students; and provides our country’s leaders, civic groups and other organizations with factual and relevant information empowering them to take action against human and sex trafficking. Project Meridian Foundation is preparing for the launch of Operation Safe House; an initiative to provide the victims of human and sex trafficking with shelter, healthcare, education, and vocational training so they can resume a normal life. Project Meridian Foundation is a tax deductible 501(c) (3) Organization with Federal Tax identification number EIN # 20-5052942. http://www.projectmeridianfoundation.org
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