Darwin Brown

• J.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991
• B.S., Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Finance, Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022 to present
• Instructor of Finance, Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018-2022

• Grant - Center for Professional Responsibility, Center for Professional Responsibility, 2020 to present

Wealth management; social impact investing

Social Impact Investing in Urban Environments: Developing and implementing funding models for social entrepreneurship

• Personal Wealth Management (FIN 435) Studies personal wealth management techniques with an emphasis on life insurance products; covers life insurance policies, annuities, trusts, buy-sell arrangements, investing in stocks, bonds and mutual funds, banking and barrowing, purchasing residential and commercial real estate, income and estate taxation and management of personal financial portfolio.

• Social Impact Investing (FIN 490) Lectures and discussions relating to new areas of interest. See class schedule for topics and prerequisites.

• Pvt Banking & Ins Wealth Mgt (FIN 490) Lectures and discussions relating to new areas of interest. See class schedule for topics and prerequisites.

• Advanced Topics in Wealth Mgt (FIN 490) Lectures and discussions relating to new areas of interest. See class schedule for topics and prerequisites.

• Social Impact Investing (FIN 580) Lectures and discussions relating to new areas of interest. See class schedule for topics and prerequisites.

• Pvt Banking & Ins Wealth Mgt (FIN 580) Lectures and discussions relating to new areas of interest. See class schedule for topics and prerequisites.

• Advanced Topics in Wealth Mgt (FIN 580) Lectures and discussions relating to new areas of interest. See class schedule for topics and prerequisites.

• Practicum (FIN 583) A semester-long, typically corporate-sponsored, team project for MSFE and MSF students that is usually completed by the end of the third semester of study. The goals of the Practicum are: a) to use learned or new tools on real world projects of interest to the corporate sponsor; b) to replicate as closely as possible the environment of the working world where students will soon find themselves employed; c) to work cohesively with other members of a team so as to efficiently produce the desired project results; and d) to be able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, which may include the sponsor and/or co-workers.