Shonna Brown joined the America East as Associate Commissioner for Women's Basketball/Administration in September, 2010. She arrived in Cambridge after three years at the NCAA office.

Brown is the primary Conference contact for women's basketball operations, including regular season, postseason and at the America East Women's Basketball Championship. She oversees the direction of the Conference championship program for all 20 America East sports and serves as a liaison to the Athletics' Directors Council, the Strategic Planning Committee, the Championships and Competition Committee and the league's Senior Woman Administrator Committee.

With 14 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics, Brown previously held the position of Assistant Director of Championships at the NCAA. Since her hire at the national office in 2007, she worked with over 10 sports and was most recently the championship manager for DIII Football, secondary to the DII Championships Committee and oversaw the DII National Championships Festival.

Prior to joining the NCAA, Brown worked for Southern Mississippi in the compliance and football operations departments. While in graduate school, she also worked in marketing partnerships for the Miami Dolphins and served as the coordinator of volunteers for the Volvo Ocean Race-Round the World.

Brown went on to work for the Patriot League and most recently the Mid-American Conference where she began as the Director of Compliance and was quickly promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Sport Operations and SWA.  At the Mid-American Conference Brown assisted with the internal operations of 21 conference sports, primarily women's basketball.  Brown served as the Co-Tournament Director for the 2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Cleveland Regional and 2007 NCAA Women's Final Four.  She has worked with the International Children's Games, U.S. Olympic Diving Trials and serves on the planning board for the biennial Women in Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership Symposium (WLS).

Brown also has a background in higher education. She was an adjunct professor at Myers University for Sports Marketing & Promotions and Introduction to Sport Management classes.  Brown served on the Myers University, McDonald School of Business Advisory Council-Sport Management and the Eastern Michigan University, School of Health Promotion and Human Performance Advisory Council

Brown's recognitions and organizational membership include being named one of Northeast Ohio's Top 25 Under 35 in 2006; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., National Association of Black Sports Professionals (NABSP), National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA), Graduate of NCAA Ethnic Minority Female Leadership Institute and National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) and Collegiate Event and Facility Management Association (CEFMA).

Originally from Hattiesburg, Miss., Brown is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Administration, with an emphasis in Business Administration. She also earned her Master of Science degree in Sport Administration from St. Thomas (Fla.) University.