Sashi B. Brown, Esq., a longtime sports executive, became the Baltimore Ravens National Football League (NFL) team’s President on April 1, 2022, succeeding Dick Cass, who retired after 18 years with the organization.  In this position, Mr. Brown is responsible in overseeing all business areas of the organization, including finances, budgeting, non-football personnel, corporate sales, operations, stadium activities, as well as communications and business ventures.

Prior to joining the Baltimore Ravens NFL, Mr. Brown worked for three years (2019 – 2021), at Monumental Sports & Entertainment, last serving as President of Monumental Basketball (Wizards, Mystics and Go-Go) and as a Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer.  There he oversaw various operations for the Washington Wizards National Basketball Association (NBA), Washington Mystics Women’s NBA, and Capital City Go-Go American minority basketball team in the NBA G League (an affiliate of the Washington Wizards), including research and information systems, technology, equipment, communications, finance, facilities, security and player engagement.  Mr. Brown also previously accrued 13 years of NFL experience, including five seasons (2013 – 2017) with the Cleveland Browns NFL, where he served two years (2016 – 2017) as Executive Vice president of football operations.  Prior to that, he spent eight years (2005 – 2012) with the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL, last serving as Senior Vice President and General Counsel.

Mr. Brown began his career as an attorney at the Washington, D.C. based law firm WilmerHale and in 2015 was named to the Sports Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” list.  He has a longstanding history of civic involvement, having served on the boards of directors for the Cleveland Browns Foundation, Cleveland Development Advisors, Jacksonville Housing Authority, Jacksonville Museum of Science and History and the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation.  In addition to serving on the Board of Trustees at Hampton University, he serves on the Board of Directors of Delivering Good, Inc., a non-profit organization that supports people affected by poverty and tragedy, and is Chairman of the Ravens Foundation, Inc.

Mr. Brown was born in Boston but grew up in Middletown, Connecticut.  He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Media from Hampton University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School.  At Hampton University, he spent time as a radio play-by-play announcer and analyst for the football and basketball teams.  He also hosted a radio show focused on jazz music, which he remains passionate about today.

Mr. Brown and his wife, Paige, have two sons (Robeson and Ellison) and two daughters (Zora and Ananda).