Speaker

A native of the DC area, Townsend Brown serves as a Policy Analyst at MultiState and works closely with the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), where he serves as their Sr. Manager of State Affairs. In this role, Townsend works hand in hand with retail companies across a variety of state issue areas, including labor and employment, data privacy, tax, and retail theft. 

Prior to this, he worked as a researcher for a federal lobbying firm in Washington, DC. Townsend holds a master’s degree in international development from Palm Beach Atlantic University and a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Virginia.