Ron Brown

Ron Brown is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ Washington D.C.
office and a member of the CEO & Board, Financial Officers, and Social Impact practices.
He has more than two decades of experience advising CEOs and boards on succession planning and building high-performance leadership teams through executive search and leadership advisory.
Ron’s clients include private equity-sponsored and publicly traded companies as well as family offices and nonprofit entities.
Ron joined Heidrick & Struggles’ Washington, D.
C.
office before moving to California to help open an office there.
He is a Colorado native, and in 2000 he opened the firm’s Denver office.
Ron has held various leadership positions within Heidrick & Struggles, including managing partner of principal development, managing partner of the western region, managing partner of the Cleantech Practice, and managing partner of the global Technology & Services Practice in the Americas.
He was elected by his partners to the Global Partnership Council.
Prior to Heidrick & Struggles, Ron served in various appointed government positions, including on The White House staff.
He began his career in marketing and government relations positions with a major policy research institution.
Washington & Lee University, BA Harvard Business School and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Executive Business School Programs