Derek Brown

Brown won his election in 2012 with approximately 60% of the vote.

Derek was elected in November 2010 with 55.87% of the vote, defeating Democrat Jay Seegmiller.

Brown has also taught as an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University since 2007, where he teaches courses in communications law and ethics. He serves on the advisory board for Intermountain Homecare and on the board of trustees for the Hale Center Theatre.[3]

He is married to Emilie de Azevedo Brown daughter of Lex de Azevedo. The couple has four children and live in Sandy, Utah. Derek Graduated from Brigham Young University in 1996 with his B.A. in English, and minor degrees in Music and Business Management. He and his wife were members of BYU's touring performance group, the Young Ambassadors. In 2000, he graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Pepperdine Law Review. While at Pepperdine, he also received the First Place Advocate award in the school's Dalsimer Moot Court Competition, as well as the annual Sorenson Writing Award for a published Legal Comment he wrote on tort law.

Derek Edwin Brown (born May 26, 1971) was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from his election in 2010, until his departure in 2014. He represented House District 49, which constitutes the Sandy and Cottonwood Heights areas. Brown left the legislature in January 2014, when he was selected by US Senator Mike Lee to be his Deputy Chief of Staff.