Brooke brown barzun owsley brown ii biography

American art curator and philanthropist

Brooke Barzun (born Brooke Lee Brown; June 18, 1972) is an art curator^[1][2] and philanthropist^[3][4] based in Louisville, Kentucky with her husband, Matthew Barzun, the former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Sweden.

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Early life

She is the daughter of Owsley Brown II and Christy Brown, and the granddaughter of Sally Brown. Her extended family has voting control of Brown-Forman Corporation, the parent company of Jack Daniel's whiskey and other brands.

Barzun grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and attended Westover School (Connecticut) and Lake Forest College (Illinois).

She received her master's degree in marriage, family and child counseling at Notre Dame De Namur University (California) with an emphasis in art therapy.

Diplomatic spouse career

In Sweden, where she lived with her husband the US Ambassador from 2009 to 2011, Barzun led cultural diplomacy ef Brooke Barzun - Wikipedia WAWY