Ben James Brown
DC Mayor’s Commission on Father’s Men and Boys
PanelistBen-James Brown, a native of Los Angeles California, started his career at Wells Fargo in 2001. Brown has served in several markets, to include, Northern/ Southern California, Las Vegas, Nevada, Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. Ben-James serves as Regional Banking District Manager for Wells Fargo Bank and has overseen territories in the District of Columbia and Maryland Markets, leading more than 42 branches and 500 employees in his career. Ben-James is the founding manager for a two digital concepts of banking in Wells Fargo called The Neighborhood Branch and Express Center. Ben-James holds his Bachelors of Sciences degree in Business Management. He is a Commissioner for the Mayor’s Office of Fathers, Men and Boys and is Vice President for 100 Black Men of Greater Washington D.C. Brown gives back countless hours of volunteer time to help underserved communities across the District of Columbia. Brown recently was named Vice-Treasure for a non- profit organization DC Scores, serving 2000+ students across Washington, D.C. Brown has giving more than 450 volunteer hours from 2016 through 2021. He’s mentored groups of young men to compete in a competition sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank at the 32nd and 33rd Annual 100 Black Men of America Conference, where they developed a Child Tracking System called “LOST” and job readiness application called “IMPRESS”. Brown volunteered more than 100 hours towards this effort alone which helped these team place 2nd and 3rd of 15 teams nationally. Brown plans on further developing these apps with the young men with hopes to launch. Brown was the proud recipient of the DC Made Man award in 2018 and Black Enterprise’s 2019 Modern Man honoree. Brown has 1 son, Deshawn-James, and instills his passion of always paying it forward; giving back whenever possible. | 
