Marshall W. Brown

Marshall Brown is the Co-Founder and President of Save the Great South Bay, a 501(c)3 environmental non-profit dedicated to the bay’s revitalization. It’s Facebook Group has over 11,000 members as of January 25th, 2017, mostly from towns along Long Island's South Shore -- committed local citizens, baymen, paddle boarders, surfers, sailors, boatsmen, fishermen and marine scientists who have come together to breathe life back into a dying bay so that their children and grandchildren can fish, clam, swim and sail as they had. Since its formation in August 2012, twelve weeks before Hurricane Sandy, Save The Great South Bay has been a vital part of Long Island’s environmentalist movement, working closely with the many dozens of other local environmental groups, and advocating at the local, state, and federal level for those solutions that would lead to a healthy bay. In 2016, Mr. Brown became host of a web-streamed show called Water Matters, a weekly program where the leading environmental advocates on Long Island present and are interviewed, with the videos archived online for future viewing. Marshall Brown is the Co-Founder and President of Save the Great South Bay, a 501(c)3 environmental non-profit dedicated to the bay’s revitalization. It’s Facebook Group has over 11,000 members as of January 25th, 2017, mostly from towns along Long Island's South Shore -- committed local citizens, baymen, paddle boarders, surfers, sailors, boatsmen, fishermen and marine scientists who have come together to breathe life back into a dying bay so that their children and grandchildren can fish, clam, swim and sail as they had. Since its formation in August 2012, twelve weeks before Hurricane Sandy, Save The Great South Bay has been a vital part of Long Island’s environmentalist movement, working closely with the many dozens of other local environmental groups, and advocating at the local, state, and federal level for those solutions that would lead to a healthy bay. In 2016, Mr. Brown became host of a web-streamed show called Water Matters, a weekly program where the leading environmental advocates on Long Island present and are interviewed, with the videos archived online for future viewing. A tireless advocate for The Great South Bay and all of Long Island’s waters, Mr. Brown is a regular speaker before various environmental and civic groups, writes prolifically about Long Island’s environment, whether via The Huffington Post, the STGSB web site or for his group, and is leading the charge to have environmentalists use web tools and social media to better communicate with each other and with the general public. Previously, Marshall Brown founded Wired Towns, a company dedicated to bringing wireless and web technologies to Main Streets anywhere. Marshall has a deep love of technology and its power to transform, especially on the local level. He believes that only through innovation can we hope to address the challenges of the day, whether these challenges are environmental, technological, or educational. Prior to Wired Towns, Marshall Brown was Founder and CEO of Wi-Fi Salon, which began in 2002 as an advocacy group for public Wi-Fi in New York City. From Oct 2004 to Oct 2008, he delivered free public Wi-Fi to 10 major NYC parks (Central, Washington Square, Union Square, The Battery, Riverside, Prospect, Corona-Flushing Meadows, Van Cortlandt, Pelham Bay, and Orchard Beach) in 18 locations. Prior to his life as a Wi-Fi entrepreneur, Marshall worked for 10 years as an information technology consultant working with Fortune 1000 companies and start-ups alike. Prior to that, Marshall was in academia working on a doctorate in English. He was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard for five years in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MA from The University of Chicago, and studied at The University of Heidelberg and Columbia.