Sulaimon Brown, born 07/31/1970, Sulaimon Maurice Brown in Charleston, SC to parents Melvin Brown and Alverda Brown.  Sulaimon’s father served in the United States military as an Army Ranger and is a veteran of the Korean War. His mother is a nurse who worked for many years at Howard University Hospital. He was given the name Maurice after his maternal grandfather who served as a Master Sergeant in the US Air Force during World War II and served in Guam in the pacific.

He attended Mayor Marion Barry’s youth Leadership Institute where the motto was “If it is to be, then it is up to me”. He found his first job in the DC summer jobs program.

Sulaimon Brown attended Kelley Miller Junior High school in NE where he ran track and field, Calvin Coolidge High School, and Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts where he studied Literary and Media Arts.

Sulaimon Brown graduated from the University of the District of Colombia with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting.

Always interested in public service and politics, he has volunteered in the community in programs such as Earth Day; Sulaimon cares deeply about the environment and worked behind the scenes campaigning for many elected officials. Most recently  DC Mayor Adrian Fenty whom he no longer supports, DC council member Michael Brown, Former DC assistant attorney General Ron Magnus and The President of the United States Barack Obama.  He has helped in efforts to get White House Legislation passed and most recently trying to get a Supreme Court nominee appointed.

Sulaimon Brown has volunteered to help our wounded troops back from Afghanistan and Iraq.

He will bring a wealth of experience and background understanding to the District of Columbia Government. He has worked as a senior financial statement auditor and accountant and actually worked on the CAFR (comprehensive annual financial report) audit of Washington DC. He has years of experience in finance and accounting and he understands the inner workings of the DC Government. He and Anthony Williams - former mayor of DC- share similar professional backgrounds.

Inspired by the President Barack Obama, Sulaimon Brown hopes to restore a sense of service to the community, create jobs, help our seniors, address the HIV and AIDS rate in the city as a matter of National Security and DC public health emergency, improve our schools, specifically in the area of fairness to our teachers and better classroom materials for students to learn. He hopes to unite the District once again with a better working relationship with City Council and the District residents. He is a tri-athlete: he runs, swims, and bikes. He also loves to read and keeps up to date with world politics. He is skilled in martial arts, and loves to paint, and draw as a hobby, but his true passion is working hard for people in need of help leading by example. His whole life has been that of a fighter with Love for DC.