Natalie J. Brown, Senior Director, Corporate Citizenship
Ally Financial

Natalie J. Brown joined Ally in 2018 and is Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship in Charlotte, NC. She is responsible for leading a team that manages Ally’s charitable giving and community affairs initiatives, while also positioning Ally as a corporate social responsibility leader in the community. She leads Ally’s community programming and spearheaded the launch of “Moguls in the Making,” an entrepreneurship pitch competition that helps build the next generation of diverse business leaders from HBCUs.

Previously, Natalie worked as a Diversity and Inclusion leader at Duke Energy, where she was responsible for development and oversight of the diversity recruiting strategy, D&I learning solutions, diversity related executive development programs and consulted with line of business D&I councils, including the Duke Energy Foundation.

In 2000, she joined Bank of America and held a range of positions in Global Human Resources, Global Supply Chain Management, Global Risk and Compliance, Consumer Banking and Global Marketing and Community Affairs. Prior to joining Bank of America, she worked for several fortune 500 companies such as Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc., Haworth, Inc., Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. and International Business Machines (IBM).

Natalie actively promotes the company’s commitment to philanthropy and diversity and inclusion, through her work inside and outside of the company. In 2022, she was awarded the “Difference Maker Award” from For The Struggle, Inc., a Charlotte based nonprofit focused on community awareness and advocacy in the West Charlotte corridor. She is a recipient of the “2021 LEADing the Way Awards,” one of the highest recognitions an employee can receive at Ally. In 2016, she received The Consortium’s Peter C. Thorpe Corporate Leadership Award for her dedication and advocacy to diversity and inclusion. Natalie currently serves on the national board of Rebuilding Together and on several local boards such as NC A&T Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Advisory Board, Opera Carolina, T.A.S.T.E. Foundation Advisory Board, UNC Charlotte Women + Girls Research Alliance Advisory Board and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Charlotte Executive Advisory Board. She is also a member of the Charlotte Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, she received her bachelor’s degree in Transportation Management from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Leadership from Carroll School of Management at Boston College. She is married and has two daughters.