Margaret Watson new CEO of Steve Brown Apartments | Madison Wisconsin Business News
Margaret Watson is the new CEO for Madison- based Steve Brown Apartments . Steve Brown, who founded the company in 1980, plans to step away from day-to- day management of the business but will remain active as chairman of the board. Brown’s wife, Laurel, who owns the design and architectural firm Brownhouse , 220 W. Gorham St., will continue to run her business while also working with her husband on a new Madison-area foundation. Details about the foundation’s mission and scope will be released in late spring or early summer, Steve Brown said. Brown, a graduate of Michigan State University and the UW- Madison Law School , has supported or served on many housing industry- related nonprofit boards and advisory committees, among other community involvement. Watson has been with the company for more than 20 years, Brown said. “She understands the housing market better than anyone I know and helped us grow SBA into one of the largest and most successful property manageme...