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“SMECO not only provides power to its members, it is very active in community projects and programs, as well as in promoting career opportunities. With SMECO as our Co-op, we have great leadership, but one of our greatest challenges is supplying power at low cost to the continuously growing Southern Maryland area.
Fern Brown represents Charles County on SMECO’s Board of Directors. She is the domestic violence coordinator for Charles County Circuit Court and a National Certified Court Advocate. Brown is also a volunteer advocate at the Center for Abused Persons and a former hotline counselor.
Certified as a Victim Assistance Specialist, Trauma Stress Services specialist, and Capital Area Crisis Response Specialist, Brown is also a member of the Charles County Commission for Women, the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, the Maryland Division of Parole and Probation Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, and the Charles County Family Violence Coordinator Committee. She serves as a Charles County Board of Elections Supervisor.
A founder of the Charles County Silent Witness Program, Brown is also past board president of the Center for Abused Persons and founder of the Charles County Silent Witness Project.
Brown attended Bowie State College and the Temple School of Business. She is president of the Pomonkey High School Class of 1958 and a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, where she serves on the memorial committee. She has won numerous awards from her many activities, including the Governor’s Victim Assistance Award in 2002.
Brown has been a SMECO member since 1981 and has served on the SMECO Board since 2003. She holds a director’s certification from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. | 