Artist, cultural organizer, facilitator and strategist, Denise M. Brown is passionate about using her skills and energies on creating, supporting and illuminating work at the intersections of art, culture, and social justice. She is currently the Executive Director of the Leeway Foundation in Philadelphia, an organization whose mission it is to support women and trans artists and cultural producers creating art for social change. Prior to that, she was Associate Director of the Bread and Roses Community Fund, a film programmer for the Neighborhood Film/Video Project and Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema (PFWC), and a consultant with Leeway and other organizations in the Philadelphia area. For over 20 years, Denise has worked with cultural and social justice organizations regionally and nationally and is currently a member of the boards of Bread and Roses Community Fund, Grantmakers in the Arts, the Henrietta Wurts Memorial Fund, Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia, PhillyCAM, and Scribe Video Center. She has also served as a panelist for ARTOGRAPHY, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the Tucson Pima Arts Council, the Union Square Awards, and others.