Egan has been awarded fellowships at GMF, the Centre for European Policy Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Wilson Center. Her publications include five books and numerous articles and book chapters. She is currently working on projects related to economic security, investment screening, and US-state engagement in Europe and Asia.

Patterson Brown is a nonresident fellow in GMF’s Strategic Competitiveness program. He specializes in international trade policy, economic development, and institutional reform, and has worked for more than 20 years with transatlantic partners to shape market-oriented reforms and strengthen responses to humanitarian crises. 

 

Brown most recently led the trade and economic growth team for Africa at the US Agency for International Development, overseeing its largest Africa trade and investment program. Prior to that, he served as the humanitarian adviser at the US Mission to the EU, where he expanded transatlantic cooperation on humanitarian and development assistance. He also contributed to concluding the UN Food Assistance Convention and led stakeholder engagement to shape a new European Commission public-private partnership model.

 

Brown is a political economist by training. He holds a master's degree in international trade and investment policy from George Washington University.

Sean Bray is a nonresident senior fellow in GMF’s Strategic Competitiveness program, where he focuses on the transatlantic economy with particular attention to the impact of tax and trade policy on competitiveness, the transatlantic relationship, and geoeconomic strategy. He is also vice president of global tax policy at Tax Foundation and policy director of Tax Foundation Europe, where he researches international tax issues.

 

Bray previously worked in the US Senate and the European Parliament. He holds degrees from the College of Europe and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.