John Brown III is the executive director and spokesman of the Windgate Charitable Foundation, which is based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. He was the former president of John Brown University and elected to be an Arkansas state senator in 1995. Brown is a former president of John Brown University, the Christian college founded by his grandfather in 1919. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from JBU in 1971 and a law degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1974. Brown served two terms as a senator in the Arkansas Legislature. He’s a trustee of JBU and president of Philanthropy Southwest, a professional association of some 240 grant-makers.