Milestones Historical Consultants LLC was founded in the nation’s capital in 1987 by historian and author Kathi Ann Brown. In 1997, the firm relocated to historic Charlottesville, Virginia, the Blue Ridge foothill town best known as the home of Thomas Jefferson’s “little mountain” retreat, Monticello, and the University of Virginia.

For more than thirty years Milestones has helped dozens of clients preserve, present and profit from their most unique asset: their past. We ferret out essential facts, drill down for details and add relevant historical context to tell a good story and create a lasting legacy.

Kathi Ann Brown

Founder and President, Milestones Historical Consultants

Kathi Ann Brown has been a consultant to industry, government and association clients since 1987. Her professional work includes books, executive memoirs, family business histories, museum exhibits, corporate museums, oral history programs, ghostwriting, historical research, speechwriting, video scriptwriting and other initiatives designed to help clients chronicle and preserve their past.

A specialist in corporate and association history, Brown is the author of more than a dozen books and co-author of the business biography The Spirit to Serve: Marriott’s Way with Marriott International, Inc. Chairman and CEO J. W. “Bill” Marriott, Jr. (HarperCollins, 1997). A follow-up memoir with Bill Marriott was published in 2012: Without Reservations: How a Family Root Beer Stand Grew Into a Global Hotel Company.

Other major clients include Comcast, the Library of Congress, Motorola, NCARB, Northern Trust Bank, Shell Oil, the Smithsonian, Southeastern Freight Lines and U.S. Steel.