PLP 2010 Profile: Pam Brown
Apr 30 2010 - 11:39am
Name: Pam Brown
Age: 47
Born: Indianapolis, Indiana
Current Digs: Norfolk
Occupation: Lead Configuration Analyst (Amerigroup Corp)
Favorite part about the job? Making a difference with Texas Medicaid and helping 10 states save many millions of dollars on Medicaid costs. States can budget on a fixed per-recipient, per-month amount.
Your first job ever? My first job at 16 was in a fabric shop. I learned to sew well from my grandmother and made many of my own clothes in high school.
Favorite book? All books by James Michener & Tom Clancy
Favorite movie? Gone with the Wind, Ben Hur, The Sound of Music
Comfort food? Potatoes
Favorite part about the job? Making a difference with Texas Medicaid and helping 10 states save many millions of dollars on Medicaid costs. States can budget on a fixed per-recipient, per-month amount.
Your first job ever? My first job at 16 was in a fabric shop. I learned to sew well from my grandmother and made many of my own clothes in high school.
Favorite book? All books by James Michener & Tom Clancy
Favorite movie? Gone with the Wind, Ben Hur, The Sound of Music
Comfort food? Potatoes
What's in your car CD player right now (or favorites on your iPod)? Oldies (60’s), Roy Orbison, Elvis, Rock Instrumentals. Brain food music on headphones at work—1812 Overture, Thchiakovsky, Jim Brickman Piano, Hooked oj classics
Next journey? Would love to take a cruise to Alaska.
Next journey? Would love to take a cruise to Alaska.
Favorite Virginia vacation spot? Hot Springs—The Homestead
First political memory? A picture at 16-years old sitting in the desk chair of Congressman Paul Trible at Presidential Classrooom & Washington Workshop.
Whom do you admire and why? Former Congresswoman Thelma Drake, and Ward 5 Norfolk City Councilman Randy Wright. We have a lot in common. They have proven that politics and elected office is not beyond anyone who really wants to work hard accomplish something.
Best advice you ever got? Work hard, persevere, Think for yourself, and depend on yourself. Set goals and work toward them. Keep your word and commitments.
If you could have dinner with any one currently living, whom would it be and why? Newt Gingrich. He is one of America’s deepest thinkers on Healthcare. Years ago he wrote a book—Saving Lives and Saving Money— that will get everyone thinking about the healthcare issues being discussed today. He founded the Center for Health Transformation.
Describe a perfect day. When the America I love returns to the principles that made it great. Hard work & perseverance, not dependence & subsistence.
One thing most people might be surprised to learn about you? I worked for 13 years as a mobile disc jockey, used to do 40 weddings a year plus a lot of corporate events/parties and bar mitzvahs. I was a finalist in American Disc Jockey Awards in Las Vegas in 2000. I DJ’d all of the Bush/Cheney Rallies, Bob McDonnell Rallies and donated this to other candidates.
Ambition, political or otherwise? Continue on present track, progress in IT Health Informatics career and Republican Leadership. Regain seats lost in 87th House and/or 6th Senate. If timing is right, run for 87th or local office.
First political memory? A picture at 16-years old sitting in the desk chair of Congressman Paul Trible at Presidential Classrooom & Washington Workshop.
Whom do you admire and why? Former Congresswoman Thelma Drake, and Ward 5 Norfolk City Councilman Randy Wright. We have a lot in common. They have proven that politics and elected office is not beyond anyone who really wants to work hard accomplish something.
Best advice you ever got? Work hard, persevere, Think for yourself, and depend on yourself. Set goals and work toward them. Keep your word and commitments.
If you could have dinner with any one currently living, whom would it be and why? Newt Gingrich. He is one of America’s deepest thinkers on Healthcare. Years ago he wrote a book—Saving Lives and Saving Money— that will get everyone thinking about the healthcare issues being discussed today. He founded the Center for Health Transformation.
Describe a perfect day. When the America I love returns to the principles that made it great. Hard work & perseverance, not dependence & subsistence.
One thing most people might be surprised to learn about you? I worked for 13 years as a mobile disc jockey, used to do 40 weddings a year plus a lot of corporate events/parties and bar mitzvahs. I was a finalist in American Disc Jockey Awards in Las Vegas in 2000. I DJ’d all of the Bush/Cheney Rallies, Bob McDonnell Rallies and donated this to other candidates.
Ambition, political or otherwise? Continue on present track, progress in IT Health Informatics career and Republican Leadership. Regain seats lost in 87th House and/or 6th Senate. If timing is right, run for 87th or local office.
