Angela H. Brown

Executive Editor, Salt Lake Under Ground (SLUG) Magazine
Executive Director, Craft Lake City

In junior high, Angela H. Brown was already an aspiring entrepreneur, starting a landscaping business so that she could afford to buy records. Her other passion early on was photography, so, she chose to take concurrent enrollment classes at Salt Lake Community College, where she earned an associate of applied science degree with an emphasis in photography. With supportive parents, she had the freedom to have control over her education, focusing on music, photography and writing.

After SLCC, she worked for a few companies that left her “unfulfilled,” and she decided to figure things out, take some risks, make some mistakes, fail, learn from it and try again. She thought about leaving Salt Lake City in search of a more vibrant music and arts culture, but chose to pursue her dreams in Utah. She decided she wanted to make Salt Lake City her home. To that end, she considers one of her greatest professional accomplishments creating positive change in the city she loves. Brown worked her way up at SLUG Magazine to become owner, published and executive editor, helping highlight and support music, skiing and snowboarding and the arts in Utah. The magazine has won many awards under her leadership; with Brown herself receiving the Josephine Zimmerman Pioneer in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. As an outgrowth of SLUG Magazine events, Brown is also founder and executive director of 501(c)3 nonprofit, Craft Lake City whose DIY Festival is now in its 10th year.

Brown is a graduate of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at SLCC, which proved pivotal in helping see herself as a leader, gaining confidence to take risks and create an actionable plan for growing her business. She had the honor of being the graduate speaker for her cohort.