Jamie Brown

Who Jamie Brown is

Jamie Brown, RN, is one of four co-presidents of National Nurses United (NNU) for the 2024–2027 term, elected to the organisation's Council of Presidents alongside Nancy Hagans, Cathy Kennedy, and Mary Turner. She concurrently serves as president of the Michigan Nurses Association, one of NNU's affiliate bodies. NNU is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States, with approximately 225,000 members, and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Brown is a practising bedside nurse and has testified before the US Congressional Progressive Caucus in favour of a Medicare for All single-payer health care system. She is also a prominent advocate for mandatory safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and for federal legislation to address workplace violence in health care settings.

References for this biography

1. 1.NNU announces new Council of Presidents for 2024–2027 term | National Nurses United — Confirms Jamie Brown, RN as NNU co-president for 2024–2027 and her role as president of the Michigan Nurses Association
2. 2.About National Nurses United | National Nurses United — Confirms current NNU leadership including Jamie Brown as co-president; describes NNU's size and mission
3. 3.Congressional Progressive Caucus Shadow Hearing: July 22 | National Nurses United — Confirms Brown's role as NNU president and her advocacy for Medicare for All single-payer health system
4. 4.Campaign for Safer Hospitals – Michigan Nurses Association — Confirms Brown as MNA president and her advocacy for safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios via the Safe Patient Care Act
5. 5.Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: National Nurses United | AFL-CIO — Independent confirmation of NNU's Council of Presidents including Jamie Brown, and NNU's AFL-CIO affiliation
6. 6.Contact | National Nurses United — Provides organisational press contact email (press@nationalnursesunited.org) and address

Notable achievements

• Elected to NNU's Council of Presidents for the 2024–2027 term, making her one of four co-presidents of the largest registered nurses' union in US history. Source ↗
• Testified at the US Congressional Progressive Caucus shadow hearing on Medicare for All (July 2026) as NNU president. Source ↗
• As Michigan Nurses Association president, championed the Michigan Safe Patient Care Act to legislate nurse-to-patient staffing limits. Source ↗

What Jamie Brown has said

• “NNU nurses, like the nurses at Montefiore, have been on the frontlines of fighting hospital employers' efforts to force unregulated and untested AI into patient care settings. Nurses know from experience that hospital employers will find any opportunity to cut costs and cut corners on patient care and nurse staffing.”

  registered nurse and president of National Nurses United · NHS & care workforce/staffing · 27 Aug 2026 · The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’ ↗

Where Jamie Brown has been quoted

1. Majority of UK smokers wrongly believe vaping is as harmful as cigarettes, experts findtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
2. The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’theguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.

• 'Terminal prostate cancer has taught me one lesson I want to pass on'BBC
• You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong? | Devi SridharThe Guardian
• MHRA approves catumaxomab to treat cancer-related fluid build-up in the abdomenGOV.UK

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.nationalnursesunited.org/about
• Press office emailpress@nationalnursesunited.orgpublished here ↗

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