Ed Brown is an American national, and is the Secretary General of Stefanus Alliance International, a Norwegian Christian missions and human rights organization with an expertise in freedom of religion and belief. Brown has a long-standing career in Stefanus, where he has also worked as a human rights advisor and human rights director. 

Before his current position, he was a senior advisor in the Norwegian Helsinki Committee where he coordinated an international parliamentarian network for freedom of religion or belief (IPPFoRB) and was part of helping to establish the network in 2014.