Dr. Michael R. Brown is an American politician who is serving as the 26th and current mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota. He spent his childhood in Okinawa and came to Grand Forks as a United States Air Force officer. He attended the University of North Dakota School of Medicine. Today, Brown is an obstetrician at Altru Health System in Grand Forks.
He was first elected mayor in 2000 and was re-elected in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. In 2007, Michael Brown was appointed to the advisory board of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.