Geoffrey F. Brown

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Geoffrey F. Brown, born May 20 1943 in San Francisco, is a commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission. He attended schools both in San Francisco and Marin Counties and received degrees from the University of California, Berkeley 1964 and San Francisco Law School in 1970. He served two stints in the U.S. Air Force (1965 and 1968-1969) as an enlisted man.

Mr. Brown was admitted to the Bar in January 1971 and practiced with his father until joining the San Francisco Public Defender's Office in October of 1971. In 1978 he was elected Public Defender of San Francisco and was re-elected five times. During Mr. Brown's tenure, the Public Defender's Office grew to a staff of 83 attorneys and 40 support personnel.

Mr. Brown was appointed by Governor Davis in January of 2001 as a Commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission and confirmed in March by the State Senate. His term expires in January 2007.

A widower, he has three grown daughters, Miranda, Simone and Olivia.