United States Senator Michael D. Brown is currently serving his third six-year term as one of the two elected non-voting senators for the District of Columbia. Senator Brown is an advocate for equal rights for more than 700,000 citizens living in the nation’s capital that have no voting representation in the United States Congress. This is part of a long tradition in American politics that goes back to 1794 when Tennessee elected senators and sent them to Washington, D.C. to lobby for statehood. Michigan, California, Minnesota, Oregon and Alaska have also elected “shadow senators” to achieve statehood.
For more than 40 years, Michael D. Brown has been involved in many local and national political campaigns – including eight Democratic presidential campaigns. Senator Brown has been involved in the past 13 consecutive Democratic National Conventions including being a Barack Obama super-delegate in 2008 and 2012, a Hillary Clinton super-delegate in 2016, a Joe Biden super-delegate in 2020, and a Kamala Harris super-delegate in 2024. Brown was reelected with 83% of the vote in November 2018. In addition, he was on the staff of the Democratic National Committee and was a community activist, an elected commissioner and an elected delegate to the Ward Three Democrats. He is an experienced campaigner who has worked on more than 30 campaigns and has trained candidates, receiving an award for excellence as a trainer in 2009.
In 2008, Barack Obama said of Senator Brown:
In 2014, Senator Brown started an internet radio show, Shadow Politics, which received more than 400,000 hits online last year.
Senator Brown is a graduate of the University of Maryland, and has a BA in Government and Politics and an Masters Degree in Public Policy.
Dr. ElBassiouny s a social psychologist who explores the impact of different types of identities on social and behavioral outcomes. Her research focuses on the stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination a person experiences based on the intersectionality of their identities, including race/ethnicity, religion, gender, and mental health status, particularly in the criminal justice system, specifically explorng how juror and parole board decision-making can be influenced by the intersectional identities of a defendant and incarcerated person.
She has a Ph.D., Social Psychology and an M.S. in Social Psychology from Howard University. She received her B.S. in Psychology from Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Her areas of expertise include:
She is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at California Lutheran University where she teaches a variety of social psychology, statistics, and research methods courses.
Dr. Stephanie Boumediene is a public health professional who has dedicated her career to addressing health inequities in vulnerable populations. With over 25 years in the humanitarian sphere, she has worked with organizations around the world. From her initial job after college with the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to her current work as the Secretary of the Board of STOP THE CUT NOW! Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation, Dr. Boumediene has led all aspects of non-profit management, governance, and community engagement.
Dr. Boumediene is a graduate of Loyola-Marymount University (LMU) with a bachelor’s in Business Administration. She holds a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) and Master in Public Health (MPH) from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Her doctoral work focused on improving the quality of life for adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors as they attempt to reintegrate back into society. TBI, now recognized as a chronic condition, is the ‘silent epidemic’ of the 21st century, with adult TBI survivors a vulnerable and underserved population.
Active in her community, Dr. Boumediene has been on several NGO boards. As President of the Board of Directors for Jodi House Traumatic Brain Injury Support Center, she teamed with the board and staff to strengthen program services and organizational sustainability. Passionate about women’s health issues, she volunteers to progress women’s reproductive rights and maternal/child health. Stephanie is a member of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the DrPH Coalition, a grassroots organization working to strengthen public health practice.
Stephanie is fluent in French with a facility in Arabic, she is married to Dr. Adnane Boumediene (Ph.D. in physics, University of Paris XI). They share three amazing children; a love of learning about and traveling through the world; and one very big Great Dane named Gracie.
Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant, Chauncey B. Franklin is a combat veteran with 28 years of service. Chauncey was one of the first Marines to be designated as a Career Recruiter. While serving in that capacity at Recruiting Station San Diego, it rose to the rank of the top two percent of all Recruiting Stations in the United States. Mr. Franklin was ranked nationally within the Top Six Marine recruiters for four consecutive years. He also served as the Assistant Director and Director of Recruiters School. During his career he was an All-Marine football player and nationally ranked handball player.
Chauncey assisted in creating the manual for Systematic Recruiting, which is now used nationwide, and he authored the curriculum that was used for training all Command Group Members for the 10 Western States. Additionally, he served as the Technical Advisor for J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency on behalf of the Marine Corps.
Upon retiring from the Marines in 1997, Chauncey Co-Founded the American Veterans Home Center, Inc. He engaged in both residential and commercial real estate transactions. He also arranged financing for buyers and real estate developers. He managed the real estate division of The Ranch Mortgage Company in Rancho Santa Fe, California and was personally responsible for over 200 successful real estate transactions.
When not devoting himself to the mission of STOP THE CUT NOW! Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation in his free time Chauncey engages in his passion for the game of golf. Chauncey is married to the love of his life, and he is the proud father of three sons, three daughters, and a rescue pup.
