# Priscilla Sims Brown

> Priscilla Sims Brown is the president and CEO of Amalgamated Bank, a role she has held since June 2021 after more than three decades across banking, investments, insurance, marketing and corporate affairs. She began as a television business reporter, spent 18 years at Lincoln Financial Group, led U.S. marketing and strategy at Sun Life, held executive roles at AmeriHealth Caritas and AXA, served as CEO of Emerge.me, and led marketing and corporate affairs at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Her work connects financial performance with access to capital, institutional accountability and values-based banking.

- **Role:** President and CEO at Amalgamated Bank
- **Organizations:** Amalgamated Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Emerge.me, AXA Financial, AmeriHealth Caritas, Sun Life Financial, Lincoln Financial Group, Equitable Life Assurance Society, KQED-TV, WMAQ-NBC, Project Mercy, TIAA
- **From:** Albuquerque, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** University of California, Berkeley, Journalism studies, San Francisco State University
- **Known for:** Named one of American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking in 2023., Named to Forbes' 50 Over 50 list in 2022., Negotiated and managed the reported $37.5 million, five-year naming-rights agreement for Sun Life Stadium.

## Career timeline

- **1980** — Began as an intern and business reporter at KQED-TV in San Francisco; she later worked as a producer at WMAQ-NBC in Chicago.
- **1980s** — Worked as a stockbroker at Sutro & Co. and PaineWebber before joining the Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1986.
- **1991-2009** — Held a series of investment, broker-dealer, investor-relations and marketing leadership roles at Lincoln Financial Group.
- **2009-2013** — Served at Sun Life Financial as U.S. head of marketing and strategy, later described by Amalgamated as CMO and Chief Strategist.
- **2013-2014** — Served as Chief Marketing and Development Strategy Officer at AmeriHealth Caritas.
- **2014-2016** — Served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at AXA Financial and sat on its U.S. Executive Committee.
- **2017-2019** — Served as CEO of Emerge.me.
- **2019-2021** — Served as Group Executive, Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
- **2021-present** — Serves as President and CEO of Amalgamated Bank; she began the role on June 1, 2021.

## Achievements

- Named one of American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking in 2023.
- Named to Forbes' 50 Over 50 list in 2022.
- Negotiated and managed the reported $37.5 million, five-year naming-rights agreement for Sun Life Stadium.
- Helped close Lincoln Financial Group's reported 21-year, $139.6 million naming-rights agreement for Lincoln Financial Field.
- Established Lincoln Financial Group's first investment-management profit center aimed at midsized insurance companies.
- Started and chaired Lincoln's first family of standalone mutual funds and served as president of its broker-dealer.
- Led Amalgamated Bank as it became the first publicly traded U.S. financial institution organized as a public benefit corporation.
- Received a Silver Effie and Financial Communications Society recognition for marketing and communications work, as listed on her LinkedIn profile.
- Named among Savoy magazine's Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America in 2016, as listed on her LinkedIn profile.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Amalgamated Bank announced a design partnership with FIS and Anthropic on an agentic AI pilot for financial-crime compliance, with Brown emphasizing governance, traceability and continued human authority over decisions.
- **2026-01** — In a Global Alliance for Banking on Values interview, Brown discussed sustainable scaling, leadership development, authenticity in branding and mentorship.
- **2023-07** — Appeared on PBS's Amanpour & Company to discuss values-based banking, access to capital, the economy and her approach to identity in leadership.
- **2023-03** — Spoke with TIME about Amalgamated Bank's support for a merchant category code for gun retailers and its intended use in identifying potentially illegal purchase patterns.

## Links

- Website: https://www.amalgamatedbank.com/board-directors
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priscillabrown

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