David R. Brown has been a commercial real estate professional his entire 26 year career. "I am Your Neighbor: Voices from a Chicago Food Pantry" is his first book, and in no way is related to his profession. Rather, it is a reflection of his interest in community building through personal outreach.Prior jobs at international real estate companies took him on grueling business trips to many places around the globe including London, Paris, Munich, Cannes, Frankfurt, Berlin, Prague, Zurich, Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore. David is now a resident of Chicago and enjoys a much more local focus running his own company doing property advisory, investment, development and finance. His true passion is his family and his community, spending time at sporting events, plays and dance recitals and in meetings with the school board, church, Common Pantry, community groups and other non-profit organizations.David is a native of Grove City, Ohio. Following his college years, David lived in New York City for ten years before returning to Chicago to settle down in 1995. He and his wife Shannon have two young daughters, Stella and Hazel. David is a graduate of Richard Avenue Elementary School, Brookpark Middle School and Grove City High School. He is also a graduate of Northwestern University with a BA in Urban Studies and Political Science, and received his Master of Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government with a concentration in Housing and Community Development. He continues to learn something new every day that was not covered in school.