Dr. Brown joined Des Moines University in 2015 to serve in the newly created role of Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs.  In this role, she provides a unified vision and direction for the university’s strategic enrollment planning and the delivery of student services across the entire enrollment continuum from admissions to graduation and beyond.  Dr. Brown launched the University’s first Strategic Enrollment Plan (SEP) in 2017, and most recently launched a three-year SEP 2019-2021 to connect to DMU’s Vision 2021.

Prior to joining Des Moines University, Dr. Brown spent 14 years at Midwestern University, a graduate medicine and health sciences university, most recently serving as University Director of Finance. She had oversight for the University’s revenue cycle including administration of all financial aid programs, accounts receivable activities, student loan administration and collections, and the registrar activities on both the Downers Grove, Illinois and Glendale, Arizona campuses. Additionally, she held responsibility for the revenue cycle, patient accounts teams, and physician credentialing for the University’s Multispecialty Clinics, Dental Institutes, and Eye Institutes. 

Prior to joining Midwestern University, Dr. Brown served in finance roles in undergraduate institutions as well as served as a Debt Management Consultant for USA Funds.

She has served as an accreditation site team evaluator for the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the American Osteopathic Association since 2007. She has also served as a member on the COCA’s Standards Review Task Force and a member of the Committee for College Accreditation Training.  Dr. Brown currently serves as the Chair for the Council on Student Affairs for the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM). She also served from 2018 to 2019 as Chair Elect for the Council on Student Affairs and 2010 to 2014 as Chair of the Council of Student Financial Aid Administrators for AACOM.  In 2017, Dr. Brown was nominated by ACCOM and appointed  by the United States Department of Education (USDE) to serve as an alternate negotiator representing financial aid administrators on the Department’s negotiated rulemaking committee on Borrower Defenses and Financial Responsibility.

Dr. Brown holds a Ph.D. in Leadership for Higher Education from Capella University. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Women in Leadership from Cornell University, Post-Master’s Certificates in Enrollment Management from both Capella University and Noel-Levitz, an M.Ed. in Human Resources Development from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and a B.S. in Accounting from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.