Biography

Althea Brown is managing director, chief legal officer and corporare secretary of LPL Financial. She is responsible for leading the firm’s Corporate Law and Government Relations; Litigation and Regulatory Affairs; Legal Operations; and Legal Technology. She also leads the LPL Foundation and the firm’s Communty Impact efforts, dedicated to advancing the opportunity for economic and social well-being to underserved populations and bolstering financial capabilities of small-business owners.

The legal team develops strategies and policies that serve to protect while also representing the best interests of LPL and our clients with regulators and lawmakers. This organization drives governance with the Board and provides informed legal counsel on matters across the firm and industry. Representing the important impact LPL has in communities across the nation, this team is also manages the activities of the LPL Foundation whose aim is to champion the next generation of financial professionals to expand access to financial advice for all communities.

Ms. Brown has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services, technology and retail industries, leading high-performing legal teams for large corporations. She joined LPL in September 2023 from Google, where she spent 11 years, serving most recently as Legal Director, overseeing a large team of product and commercial lawyers advising subsidiary Fitbit and Google’s Devices and Services’ marketing, e-commerce, retail, customer support, and vendor management teams.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Brown served as supervising attorney for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and spent 10 years in a variety of roles at J.P. Morgan Chase in their Investment Management and Investment Banking divisions.

Althea Brown received a bachelor’s degree in economics and French from New York University and a law degree from Fordham University School of Law. She holds a Six Sigma Black Belt and is a Fellow with the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.