Marty Brown

Marty Brown is executive director of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, which administers Washington’s system of 34 public community and technical colleges.  The State Board sets policy, allocates state operating and capital funds to the colleges, strategically plans the two-year college mission, and approves educational programs.

Brown has 34 years of experience in policy development and budgeting for the Legislature and Governor’s office.  Prior to joining the State Board in September 2012, he served as director of the Office of Financial Management (OFM) under Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Brown began his state career in 1978 as a Senate committee staff member and later became Senate Democratic Caucus attorney, Senate Democratic staff director, and secretary of the Senate. In 1997, Brown was named director of legislative affairs for incoming Gov. Gary Locke and later became Gov. Locke’s deputy chief of staff and OFM director.  Upon taking office in 2005, Gov. Chris Gregoire appointed Brown as her director of legislative affairs.  She then appointed him as OFM director in 2010, the position he held before moving to the State Board.

Brown graduated from the University of Iowa in 1974 and the University of Puget Sound Law School in 1979. 

Term Expires: To be determined by the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges