Dr. James C. Brown
Executive Director
Education
Ed.D, Educational Leadership, Administration and Technology, Dowling College
MA, Elementary Education, Hunter College
BS, Industrial Engineering, New York University's Polytechnic School of Engineering
Bio
Dr. James Curtis Brown is the retired Special Assistant to the Superintendent for the New York City Department of Education Queens South High Schools District. In this position he served as My Brother’s and Sister’s Keeper District Point for 29 high and secondary schools located in districts 27, 28, and 29 with over 20, 000 students.
Dr. Brown led the district initiatives to eliminate disproportionate academic outcomes when Black, Brown and Latino males are compared to other gender, ethnic, and racial subgroups.
Dr. Brown is a lifelong educator and is tirelessly devoted to creating partnerships to nurture our youth’s belief in themselves and to teach the skills and knowledge necessary for any individual to realize their dreams if he/she works hard enough to attain them. Dr. Brown is also the CEO of K.E.Y.S. Coaching and Consulting LLC which offers career and life transition and harmony coaching, dissertation coaching and school improvement coaching.
Dr. Brown is the co-author of Raising Scholars from Infancy to Adulthood: Preparing Our Children for College and Demolishing Prison Walls, a book on the effective parental practices that result in high academic achievement. Dr. Brown has authored three successful grants totaling nearly 1 million dollars.