Jen Brown is a Vice President in BGR Group’s Financial Services Practice. A seasoned veteran of both the Legislative and Executive Branch, Jen helps clients navigate the complex regulatory and political landscape of financial services, digital assets, retirement/ERISA, and tax policy.
Before joining BGR Group, Jen served as the Banking Counsel to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) from 2023 to 2025 during his service as Senate Majority Leader. She advised the Leader on issues affecting the financial services sector including digital assets, cannabis banking, and anti-money laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requirements. She also represented the Democratic Leader in negotiations between Senate and House leadership, Congressional Committees, and the Executive Branch on all financial services legislation before the Congress. Jen also advised Leader Schumer during the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the proposed Basel III regulations.
Previously, Jen served as the Tax Counsel to a Senior Senate Finance Member and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as the Economic Policy & Oversight Counsel to House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY-7), where she was instrumental in the development, passage, and implementation of the CARES Act, American Rescue Plan (ARP), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and SECURE 2.0 during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic recovery.
Prior to her time on Capitol Hill, Jen led economic policy work for UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. In this role, she was responsible for the organization’s efforts related to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), SECURE Act, state retirement savings plans, and the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, S.2155.
Jen also worked as the Manager of Research at the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) where she routinely testified in front of Congress and advised federal and state lawmakers on the intersection of retirement and tax policy.
She also served as an Employee Benefits Law Specialist for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration’s Office of Exemption Determinations where she drafted complex individual exemptions and helped to finalize regulations mandated by the Dodd Frank Act.
Areas of Focus
- Financial Regulations
- Tax Policy
Education
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Georgetown University Law Center
Tax LLM -
American University Washington College of Law
Juris Doctorate -
University of Florida
Bachelors