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J. Noah Brown is Senior Advisor for the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. He is the former president and chief executive officer of the Association of Community College Trustees. [1] Brown has been featured by a number of major national press outlets, including Parade magazine's "Intelligence Report." [2] In 2011, Brown was asked by the Rowman & Littlefield publishing company to author a book about the past, present, and future of community colleges. Brown's book, First in the World: Community Colleges and America's Future, was published in October 2012. [3] The book was awarded the 2013 Bellwether Book Award by the Community College Futures Assembly in Orlando, Florida on January 29, 2013. [4]

Brown served an ex officio member of the Board of Directors for the Council for Resource Development (CRD); and National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE). He also served on the Board of Directors for the Association Mutual Health Insurance Company (AMHIC). [5] [6] [7]

Brown served on the Washington Higher Education Secretariat and Committee for Education Funding. [8] He is former appointed member on the Steering Committee for the United States - Denmark Partnership for Vocational Education, U.S. Department of Education. [9] Brown also was appointed by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to a three-year term (through 2010) as Commissioner on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, U.S. Department of State. [10]

Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an Honorary Associate of Arts from Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey. He is married and the father of two daughters. [1] [11]

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  1. 1 2 "J. Noah Brown". Association of Community College Trustees. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  2. ↑ Foster, Brooke Lea (September 20, 2009). "Can Education Boost the Economy?". Parade. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  3. ↑ First in the World: Community Colleges and America's Future . Retrieved March 26, 2012.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ Conner, David Michael (February 1, 2013). "J. Noah Brown Receives Bellwether Book Award". Association of Community College Trustees. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ "About CRD: Board of Directors". Council for Resource Development. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Board of Directors". National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship. Archived from the original on December 8, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Our Board". Association Mutual Health Insurance. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  8. ↑ "About WHES". Washington Higher Education Secretariat. Archived from the original on April 22, 2000. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  9. ↑ "U.S. Denmark Partnership for Vocational Education". U.S. Department of Education. Archived from the original on April 10, 2004. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  10. ↑ "J. Noah Brown". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  11. ↑ D'Amico, Diane (May 22, 2009). "Graduates get advice straight from the front lines". The Press of Atlantic City . Archived from the original on June 26, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
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