Sheila R. Brown

Sheila Brown developed a desire for professional success early in life. She obtained her first job at age 15. Seven years later, Sheila began her career in broadcast television where she was fortunate enough to work alongside the Chicago Bulls during their six championship seasons. At age 26, she became the youngest person appointed to the broadcast advisory board for a professional sporting league – the NBA. A year later, Sheila founded Freedom Entertainment, Inc. where she continued to exceed expectations and follow an unwavering path to excellence for 20 years.

Sheila has enjoyed a diverse career in broadcast television, event management, and marketing/public relations, working with some of the country’s most recognizable companies and brands, including the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Baseball (MLB), TNT, ESPN, Proctor and Gamble/Gillette and Motown Records.

After spending several years traveling the country producing live television broadcasts, Sheila began consulting with Chicago area healthcare clients such as Northwestern Memorial Hospital (along with several of their community fundraising organizations), The University of Chicago Medicine, and Advocate Health Care. Through this work, Sheila expanded her reach by working on healthcare related news stories and broadcast programming with People Magazine, ABC News, MSNBC, Lifetime Television, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.

Sheila’s current role as Executive Director of the CineCares Foundation at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios allows her to combine her many years of working in entertainment with her years of working with charitable foundations to now lead CineCare’s organizational strategy and vision, fundraising, external relations, and board engagement.

Sheila is a focused and disciplined communicator whose commitment to excellence ensures maximum results. In her spare time, she enjoys working on causes that focus on achieving better health outcomes in the African American community and empowering young women to achieve both personal and professional success. Sheila is an alumna of Columbia College in Chicago, where she studied Marketing Communications.