Denise Brown (UN official)
Denise Brown (born 1963 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian senior official with the UN World Food Programme (WFP). She currently serves as Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Mission in Central African Republic. Career. Her previous assignment was as Director of the Policy & Programme Division at the headquarters of the World Food Programme in Rome, Italy. Before that she was Regional Director of the World Food Programme for West Africa, located in Dakar (from 2013 to 2016), where she worked with WFP's response to the Ebola crisis. Ms. Brown previously  served as WFP Director in Niger (2011 to 2013). She joined WFP in the late 1990s and has served in Iraq (1998 - 1999), Afghanistan (1999 - 2002), Kenya (2002–2007), and Somalia (2007 - 2009). Denise Brown also served as Senior Liaison Officer for WFP in New York (2009 - 2011). She started her career with non-governmental organizations in Cambodia and Haiti. Education. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and holds a Master's of Science in children's development from Purdue University.