David Brown is VP of Innovation Leadership at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. There he leads initiatives focused on accelerating business growth in the Greater Boston area, including increasing opportunities to create relationships between startups and larger anchor institutions, growing internal innovation programs, branding Boston’s innovation community regionally and globally, influencing public policy locally and nationally around innovation, and helping prepare the business community in Boston around emerging trends and marketplaces. His work cuts across major industries in Boston including technology, healthcare, clean technology, and social innovation.  

Prior to the Chamber, David held roles running partnerships for ZappRx and as the Executive Director of Technology Underwriting Greater Good (TUGG). David has an MBA, summa cum laude, from Babson College, and a BA from Williams College. In his spare time, aside from chasing around his two young boys, he is an active startup investor, sits on the boards of City Awake, Arts Connect International, Innercity Weightlifting, and TUGG, and is an avid skier. Follow him on Twitter: @dbskier