Reginald ("Reg") J. Brown is a member of Blackstone's Board of Directors, elected effective September 15, 2020, and is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He previously was a partner at WilmerHale, where he chaired the Financial Institutions Group, and served as associate White House Counsel and special assistant to the President from 2003 to 2005.