Jacqueline Brown

Background and Experience

Dr. Jacqueline F. Brown, an internationally renowned scholar, lecturer, educator and administrator.

She was appointed Executive Director of the Prince Georges’ African American Museum and Cultural Center at North Brentwood, Maryland in 2010. In this capacity she directed the daily activities of the museum staff, programming of cultural activities, fund raising and design and construction of a new museum complex.

From 2002 until 2009, Dr. Brown served as Chief Administrative Officer for Prince George’s County, Maryland, the second largest county in the state.  She was the first woman to be in charge of all county government services. She was responsible for the daily operations of the 6,000 plus employee government; a $2.6 billion annual budget; reengineering the government towards a more effective, efficient, results-driven, and customer-oriented delivery; and representing the county with numerous State and Federal agencies. She was Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the Prince George’s County Police and Fire Services Pension Plans. She also served as a member of the Senior Policy Group on Homeland Security for the National Capital Region, and set up the first county Office of Homeland Security in the State of Maryland. She coordinated county government services to 27 municipalities and 850,000 residents. She also represented the County government on the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Board of Directors, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors, the Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce, Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center at North Brentwood Board of Directors, and The Hospices of the National Capital Region. In 2006, Dr. Brown was elected President of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Corporation. Dr. Brown instituted performance-based budgeting for 27 county government departments.  She directed county expenditure control measures, including furloughs, reduction-in-force (RIF), and departmental cost-savings initiatives in order to address an on-going budget deficit.  She also directed the county’s responses to the federal stimulus program, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and HERA Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

Organizational Membership

Dr. Brown has held membership in a number of professional Honor Societies, such as Psi Chi, Alpha Kappa Delta, Phi Delta Kappa, and Chi Sigma Iota. She is a member of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators, The Links, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and the Board of Directors for the Reginald F. Lewis Maryland Museum of African American History and Culture. She is former Chairperson of the Prince George's County Commission for Women, and a former National Director of Services to Youths for the Links Inc. She also hosted a series of television programs on the Maryland Educational channels, and was host of "Keeping It Livable”, the Prince George's County Government award winning television series.

Awards

Dr. Brown’s numerous local, State and National awards and honors including the following:

• The 2003 Gladys Noon Spellman Award
• The 2003 Achievement Initiative for Maryland’s Minority Students Distinguished Service Award
• The 2006 Prince George’s County Citizen Corps Council Award for Leadership
• The 2006 Videographer Award of Distinction for “Keeping It Livable”
• The 2006 Telly Award for “Keeping It Livable”, Host
• The Fortitude Award in Education from Delta Sigma Theta 1994
• The Distinguished Black Marylander In Education – Towson State University 1994
• The Samuel Johnson Award for Outstanding Work in Multicultural Counseling – AMCD 1992
• The Outstanding Community Service – Prince George's County Chapter, The Links, Inc. 1990
• The Daniel Roselle Lecture Award – Middle States Council for the Social Studies 1993
• The Community Service Award, Prince George’s County Chapter National Hook-Up of Black Women 1983
• The William S. Schmidt Award for Outstanding Service to the Children of Prince George’s County, Prince George’s County Pupil Personnel Workers’ Association 1992
• The Outstanding Teaching, Research and Community Service Award, Adler-Dreikurs Institute, Bowie State University 1992
• The Arkansas Traveler Award for Distinguished Contributions to the State of Arkansas,
  Governor Bill Clinton 1992
• The Outstanding Educational Consultant of the Year – Leadership Development and Team Building Laboratory, Baltimore City Public School 1976
• The Christa McAuliff Excellence in Teaching Award, Framingham State College, MA

Publications

• Personality Priorities:  A Guide for Counselors, 1974, B & F Associates, Clinton, MD. The Relationship Between Personality Priorities and Early Recollections:  A Research Study, 1976, B & F Associates, Clinton, MD
• The Relationships Between Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Childhood Socialization Messages, and The Self-Esteem of Professional Black Women, Ph.D. Dissertation 1991, University of Maryland
• Counseling Abused Black Women, 1992 American Counselor Magazine
• Building Self-Esteem in Black Women, 1992 American Counselor Magazine
• Motivation Assessment Structure Support and Instruction (MASSI):  A Framework for Achievement Through Diversity, 1995 African American Research Perspectives

Task Force

Dr Brown has served on numerous task forces including:

• Co-Chair, Maryland State Dept. of Education Black Male Achievement Committee
• Member, Maryland State Dept. of Education Achievement Initiative for Maryland’s Minority Students (AIMMS) Council
• Member, Maryland State Dept. of Education AIMMS Steering Committee
• Chair, Maryland Education That Is Multicultural and Achievement Network
• Member, Maryland Visionary Panel on Education
• Member, Maryland State Dept. of Education Task Force on Hate/Violence
• Board of Directors, Foreign-Born Information Referral Network (FIRN)
• Federal Expert Panel Member for Safe and Drug Free Schools-Dept. of Health
• Federal Expert Panel Member for Safe and Drug Free Schools-Dept. of Education
• Lt. Governor’s Subcommittee on Disruptive Youth

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