Hugh Brown

Hugh’s interest in working overseas started in high school, thanks to the JFK inspiration, resulting in Peace Corps service soon after getting married, in Gujarat, India.   He and Lynne recently returned to their interest in international development with work on numerous GV trips.  Now retired, his career was in city management, having worked for several cities in Colorado and as a city manager in Oregon.  He is active in their historic downtown Denver neighborhood, enjoys the adventures of two granddaughters in Denver, visiting two grandsons in Seattle, yard work, and rooting for the Colorado Rockies.  Now looking forward to the first visit to Africa and joining another great GV group!

Lynne Brown

Lynne, raised in Iowa, joined the Peace Corps upon college graduation, serving with her husband Hugh in Gujarat, India.  After returning they settled in Colorado.  While raising their two children Lynne volunteered extensively for the League of Women Voters and local, city-wide, and state PTAs in Denver and Oregon. When children started college Lynne worked at a large community school as the volunteer/public relations coordinator, then for Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver, retiring in 2011 after 17 years with Habitat.  She has enjoyed nine GV trips (Belfast, Jordan, India, Cambodia, Paraguay, Honduras, Guatemala, Hungary, Portugal), works on neighborhood issues, is active at church, serves on the Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and relishes her time with grandchildren in Denver and Seattle. When not volunteering she enjoys reading, swimming, biking, baking. She is looking forward to her first trip to Africa and building with a new GV team!