ABOUT STEPHANIE L. BROWN

In September, 2013 Ms. Brown returned to private practice and served as Of Counsel with the law firm, Markun, Zusman, Compton, Freniere in its Wellesley, Massachusetts office.

Ms. Brown specialized in securities, corporate and regulatory law. She counseled clients on a range of business issues, including the formation and regulation of broker/dealers and investment advisers, private and public securities offerings and regulatory enforcement matters.

In 2022 Ms. Brown became Of Counsel to Freniere Law Group in its Wellesley, Massachusetts office.

Previously, Ms. Brown joined LPL Financial in 1989 as General Counsel and Vice President of Compliance. From 1994 to September 2013, Ms. Brown served as Managing Director and General Counsel. She provided legal counsel for LPL and its holding and affiliated companies. This support included negotiation and administration of all lines of insurance, government relations/public policy activities, negotiation and integration of corporate acquisitions, maintenance of corporate books, preparation of public company filings and oversight of regulatory examinations and investigations.

From 2004 through 2008, Ms. Brown served as a member of FINRA’s National Adjudicatory Council. She also served from 2004 through September 2013 as a member of FINRA’s National Adjudicatory Council’s Statutory Disqualification Committee, its Independent Broker/Dealer and Membership Committees, the SIFMA Private Client Legal Committee, the FSI, and the IRI Government Relations Committee.

From 2009 to September 2013, she also served as a member representative of the Financial Services Roundtable and the Financial Services Roundtable’s Lawyer’s Council, Regulatory Oversight Committee and Securities Working Group.

Prior to joining LPL Financial LLC in 1989, Ms. Brown was an attorney with Kelley Drye & Warren in Washington, DC, where she specialized in corporate and securities law.

In 2024 Ms. Brown retired from her legal practice in order to commit more time to her philanthropic interest. She now serves on the boards of the following nonprofit organizations: Boston Ballet, the Farnsworth Art Museum (Chair), Boston Arts Academy Foundation, Bryn Mawr College, the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Museum of Fine Arts Board of Advisors.