Advisory Board Member
Dr. Melvin J. Brown has served as Superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools since 2022. He previously served as Superintendent of the Reynoldsburg City School District in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
He has served as Superintendent in Residence and Visiting Professor at The Ohio State University. Formerly, he served as Deputy Superintendent for Cuyahoga Falls City Schools (OH) and prior to that as its Director of Human Resources. He also has served as Regional Vice President for Mosaica Education Inc. and as Associate Superintendent for Prince William County Schools (VA). Additionally, he has six years of experience as an elementary school principal and two years of experience as a middle school principal.
Dr. Brown holds an Ed.D. in Educational Studies from The Ohio State University. He also holds a master’s degree in Educational Administration and Supervision from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a bachelor’s degree in English from James Madison University.
Dr. Brown is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and serves on several boards of directors, has chaired various committees, and is active with AASA and other national networks. He is a 2021 honoree of Central Ohio’s “A Tribute to African Americans Committee, Inc.” and is Co-Author of STEM Century: It Takes a Village to Raise a 21st Century Graduate.
