Denise Brown (UN official)
Denise Brown is a Canadian senior official with the UN World Food Programme. She currently serves as Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Mission in Central African Republic.Career
Her previous assignment was as Director of the Policy & Programme Division at the headquarters of the World Food Programme in Rome, Italy. Before that she was Regional Director of the World Food Programme for West Africa, located in Dakar, where she worked with WFP's response to the Ebola crisis.
Ms. Brown previously served as WFP Director in Niger.
She joined WFP in the late 1990s and has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kenya, and Somalia.
Denise Brown also served as Senior Liaison Officer for WFP in New York.
She started her career with non-governmental organizations in Cambodia and Haiti.Education
She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and holds a Master's of Science in children's development from Purdue University.
