Carey Brown, Principal

Carey Brown is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Industrial Engineering and has been a member of the Atlanta executive and employee benefits community since the late 1960's.

Throughout his career, Carey has been active in numerous charitable, community and social organizations including Tommy Nobis Center Board, Buckhead Rotary Club Board, Literacy Action Board, Executive Committee of the Georgia State Golf Association, Cherokee Art Endowment Trust Board, Past President of Cherokee Town and Country Club and Past President of the Georgia State Golf Foundation.

Carey continues to be heavily involved at Georgia Tech and has served on The Alexander Tharpe Fund Board, three terms on the Georgia Tech Alumni Board, of which he was President in 2004-2005, and The Georgia Tech Foundation Board. He was President of the Student Body at Tech in 1968-69 and was named Outstanding Young Alumnus in 1974.

Carey was instrumental in establishing the Georgia State Golf Association Foundation which has awarded over $3,000,000 in scholarships to GSGA member club employees and / or their children. At the Georgia State Golf Foundation Scholar’s luncheon, a special recognition award was created and designated as the Carey H. Brown Award, acknowledging a volunteer’s dedication, service and leadership.

At Georgia Tech’s Gold & White Annual Gala, Carey received Tech’s highest Alumni Award, the Joseph M. Pettit Distinguished Service Award.

Carey and his wife, Sally, were married in 1969 and are members of the Cathedral of St. Phillip. They reside in the Brookhaven area and have four granddaughters. They have two living children, Brent, who graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Industrial Management and an MBA from the Terry School at UGA, and Natalie Houk, a graduate of the College of Charleston. Carey and Sally's son, Tyler (Georgia Tech, IM '01, HTS'01), US Army Airborne Ranger, was killed in Iraq on September 14, 2004.