Aloyse Brown

Founder, Big Sister OS

AI operations for small-business owner-operators: commitment tracking and operations guidance with human-in-the-loop guardrails. Launched 2026; in market with paying subscribers.

Co-founding Partner, deep-tech climate venture studio (in formation)

An evergreen company builder on steward-ownership principles, applying deep science to climate. Leads venture-building operations and raise execution.

Principal, Aloyse Design

Women-owned interior design firm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, doing full builds, renovations, and interiors. Est. 1950.

Assistant Vice President, Planning & Project Management · Church Pension Group

Led annual planning and project portfolio management, developing and tracking business and corporate unit goals in alignment with strategic objectives and corporate vision.

Director of Strategic Planning & Operations, Client Relations · Church Pension Group

Aligned a department of 50 to execute strategic priorities across communications, web, creative services, client services, and research. Worked fully remote from 2012, traveling to New York six to ten times a year, and drew on that decade of distributed-work practice to help colleagues transition during the pandemic.

Program Manager, Client Relations · Church Pension Group

Led strategic development and execution across creative services, web content, research and data, marketing and sales, and regional representative teams. Served on the design and communication-strategy team for revisions to the century-old Clergy Pension Plan; built the Learning Loop client-research program combining data analysis, surveys, focus groups, and interviews.

Business Analyst, Corporate Communications & Research · Church Pension Group

Managed interdepartmental operations and communications initiatives under the Chief Communications Officer, including nationwide client-roster rollouts, internal brand engagement, and listening events pairing clients with the CEO.

Project Planner, Strategic Marketing & Client Outreach · Church Pension Group

Core PMO team member managing projects across communications, marketing, client engagement, and web content, including the Promise to the Client brand positioning.

Marketing Coordinator · Church Pension Group

Marketing for the launch of an individual life insurance offering: direct, email, and web content; lead-generation restructuring; CRM reporting.

Marketing & Events Planning · The Spark Agency, St. Louis, Missouri

Marketing, events, and conference design with Anheuser-Busch as primary client, including the annual sales conference, early website development, and interactive mobile marketing units.

Designer · Aloyse Design, St. Louis, Missouri

Early years in the family interior design practice, on client projects and interiors work, with small design projects ongoing in the years since.

Design Intern · Mary McFadden, New York

Restaurants & Bars

Fifteen years of customer service and sales: front-of-house work through school and studio years, including the Kimpton Group's Ponzu at San Francisco's Serrano Hotel and Stephen Starr's Morimoto in New York.

MFA, New Forms — Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

BFA, New Genres — San Francisco Art Institute, California

Residency, Performance Art — Instituto des Artes, Havana, Cuba

BA, Fine Art & English — Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio

Intensive Study, Fashion Design — Parsons Paris, France

The Thacher School — Ojai, California

Chair, Women's Affinity Group · Church Pension Group

Led the group for several years, facilitating discussions with more than fifty women, including the Choosing Brave Over Perfect series, developed with Susie Caldwell.

Democratic Nominee, Hamilton County Mayor · Tennessee

Won a contested primary to become the nominee, running to be the county's first female mayor, and earned nearly 40% of the general-election vote (more than 22,000 votes) against a two-term incumbent. Centered the campaign on schools, infrastructure, government transparency, and ending private operation of the county jail at Silverdale, one of America's first privatized correctional facilities; two years later, the county returned Silverdale to public operation. Campaigned while serving full time at Church Pension Group.

Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy — MIT Sloan Executive Education & MIT CSAIL

High Impact Presentations, Handling Pressure & Managing Difficult Situations — Dale Carnegie

Project Management Professional (PMP) — Project Management Institute

Management Training Certification — Cornell University, School of Industrial & Labor Relations

Including Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Managing Performance, and Effective Communication. Further project management training through The George Washington University (ESI International) and the International Institute for Learning.