Deborah A. Brown joined GNYHA in 2004. She is primarily responsible for compliance-related legal issues, including corporate compliance, fraud and abuse, and tax-exempt developments. Immediately before joining GNYHA, Ms. Brown was Senior Legislative Counsel at the New York City Counsel, where she was responsible for a wide range of municipal legislative, finance, and policy matters. Prior to that, Ms. Brown was in private practice, specializing in health care law. Ms. Brown began her career in the Attorney General's Honors Program at the United States Department of Justice, where she served on the Health Care Task Force of the Antitrust Division. Ms. Brown received a JD from Columbia University School of Law, and an MSW from the Columbia University School of Social Work. She received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania.