Daniel Brownell
Senior Managing Director
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Daniel D. Brownell draws upon many years of experience in the field of investigations and law enforcement at the city, state, and federal levels. At Guidepost Solutions, he serves as the deputy monitor on the monitoring team working to ensure the New York City Housing Authority satisfies the conditions of an agreement to correct chronically poor housing conditions endured by its residents.
Prior to joining Guidepost, Mr. Brownell served as Commissioner with the New York City Business Integrity Commission (BIC). He was responsible for overseeing the operation of the agency, which regulates and conducts criminal investigations related to the private carters and the city’s public wholesale food markets. During his tenure, BIC worked to promote greater safety in the carting industry, as well as joining with the city’s Sanitation Department to restructure the overall industry to be more environmentally efficient.
Prior to that role, Mr. Brownell was the Rackets Bureau Chief with the New York County District Attorney’s Office. He supervised a team of attorneys prosecuting organized crime, corruption, construction fraud and white-collar crimes. Most notably, he and the team prosecuted one of the city’s largest interior construction companies, resulting in $55 million in restitution and over 100 individuals who defrauded the Social Services Administration Disability Benefits Program and uncovering systemic fraud in the home heating oil industry.
The majority of Mr. Brownell’s prosecutorial career has had an emphasis on the importance of public integrity which is illustrated by his numerous accomplishments. This includes prosecuting several members of the Gambino crime family for infiltrating one of the New York City’s largest capital construction projects; 16 Consolidated Edison officials for taking bribes on projects related to post 9/11 construction; and a ring of medical equipment clinics engaging in a systemic fraud scheme that bilked insurance companies out of tens of millions of dollars annually.
Additionally, Mr. Brownell prosecuted cases involving fraud, bribery, other forms of public corruption, money laundering, organized crime, and healthcare fraud while with the Public Integrity Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York. He has held similar investigatory roles as the Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigations, Chief Deputy Inspector General in the Office of the New York Inspector General, and as Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
Early in his career, Mr. Brownell volunteered with Jail Ministry, which provided nonlegal assistance to indigent inmates in the city jail in Syracuse. During this time, he developed an interest in law, particularly the areas of criminal law and the criminal justice system as a whole.
Daniel D. Brownell draws upon many years of experience in the field of investigations and law enforcement at the city, state, and federal levels. At Guidepost Solutions, he serves as the deputy monitor on the monitoring team working to ensure the New York City Housing Authority satisfies the conditions of an agreement to correct chronically poor housing conditions endured by its residents.
Prior to joining Guidepost, Mr. Brownell served as Commissioner with the New York City Business Integrity Commission (BIC). He was responsible for overseeing the operation of the agency, which regulates and conducts criminal investigations related to the private carters and the city’s public wholesale food markets. During his tenure, BIC worked to promote greater safety in the carting industry, as well as joining with the city’s Sanitation Department to restructure the overall industry to be more environmentally efficient.
Prior to that role, Mr. Brownell was the Rackets Bureau Chief with the New York County District Attorney’s Office. He supervised a team of attorneys prosecuting organized crime, corruption, construction fraud and white-collar crimes. Most notably, he and the team prosecuted one of the city’s largest interior construction companies, resulting in $55 million in restitution and over 100 individuals who defrauded the Social Services Administration Disability Benefits Program and uncovering systemic fraud in the home heating oil industry.
The majority of Mr. Brownell’s prosecutorial career has had an emphasis on the importance of public integrity which is illustrated by his numerous accomplishments. This includes prosecuting several members of the Gambino crime family for infiltrating one of the New York City’s largest capital construction projects; 16 Consolidated Edison officials for taking bribes on projects related to post 9/11 construction; and a ring of medical equipment clinics engaging in a systemic fraud scheme that bilked insurance companies out of tens of millions of dollars annually.
Additionally, Mr. Brownell prosecuted cases involving fraud, bribery, other forms of public corruption, money laundering, organized crime, and healthcare fraud while with the Public Integrity Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York. He has held similar investigatory roles as the Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigations, Chief Deputy Inspector General in the Office of the New York Inspector General, and as Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
Early in his career, Mr. Brownell volunteered with Jail Ministry, which provided nonlegal assistance to indigent inmates in the city jail in Syracuse. During this time, he developed an interest in law, particularly the areas of criminal law and the criminal justice system as a whole.