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Dr. Walter A. Brown
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Walter A. Brown
holds an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University (1995) and received his M.B.A. in Finance from Atlanta University (1975) and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Morgan State University (1973).He began his career in New York, working in the financial area for three Fortune 100 corporations.His first position was with the Bank of New York in the Commercial Lending area where he served as a management trainee.With the corporate lending experience from the Bank, he then secured a position with Avon Products, Inc., as a Senior Financial Analyst.His third position in corporate America was with PepsiCo Inc., as a Senior Strategic Planner.Dr. Brown then relocated to Washington, D.C. to accept an appointment from Congressman Jim Jones to serve as a Professional Staff Member on the Budget Committee, United States House of Representatives.He served as a Director of Continuing Education at the University of the District of Columbia managing academic programs.He completed two different teaching assignments as a full-time faculty member in the Department of Business, Economics and Public Administration at Bowie State University teaching Finance.
Dr. Brown is currently an Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration at The George Washington University's Graduate School of Education and Human Development.His research interests include finance in higher education, strategic planning, adapting the business paradigm to higher education, and examining the progression of senior level African-American administrators at predominately white institutions.He coordinates one of the off-campus doctoral programs at the Hampton Roads Center in Hampton, Virginia.He is also the advisor for fifteen doctoral candidates.In addition to his teaching assignments, he is directing dissertation work for ten doctoral students.Dr. Brown is published, presents papers at various conferences, and serves as faculty advisor to the Higher Education Association for masters and doctoral students.
Dr. Brown holds a position as Vice Chairman of the Board of Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.He was appointed to the board by Governor William Donald Shafer in 1986.He is Chairman of the Personnel Committee, Vice Chairman of the Finance Committee, and a member of the Strategic Planning Committee.
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