Jon Brown has worked for decades in the nonprofit sector as an IT director, helping ensure that office technology is functional and assuring that IT functions help, not hinder, overall organization operational goals and aspirations. Jon still helps many nonprofit organizations through his company, Grove Technologies, where he currently helps MPP change laws related to marijuana legalization, helps Food & Water Watch ensure that access to clean water becomes a human right and not a privilege, and provides support to The Arc of the U.S., which provides resources to individuals and their families with IDD.
Prior to starting Grove Technologies, Jon worked as the IT director for Food & Water watch, was the head of UIS Helpdesk services at Georgetown University, and served as IT director of Blue State Digital, which oversaw digital strategy for both the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.