JAMES R. BROWN

• Jim is an education consultant for Springboard Schools.
   
• He was a Superintendent for 26 years, serving in Glendale Unified, Palo Alto Unified, Lompoc Unified, and Cambria Union Elementary and Coast Union High School Districts.
   
• Jim did graduate work in Education Administration at the University of California Riverside, received his Masters Degree from the University of Kansas, and his Bachelors of Foreign Science Degree from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
   
• Jim was named ACSA's California Superintendent of the Year 1999-2000. Other recognitions include: the ACSA Marcus Foster Award for Administrative Excellence, the Robert Alioto Award for Instructional Leadership, the California PTA Golden Oak Award, the Tall Tree Award for the Outstanding Professional by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, and was named Citizen of the Year by the Armenian National Committee.
   
• He chaired and co-chaired committees such as the California High School Exit Exam, ACSA Superintendency, ACSA Urban Superintendents, and the California State Mathematics Task Force. He was President of Schools for Sound Finance, and was a member of the “It’s Elementary” Task Force and the Suburban School Superintendents.
   
• Jim was a member of the Glendale Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, the American Leadership Forum Board of Directors, and Leadership Lompoc, and Leadership Palo Alto. He has served in leadership roles in numerous other community and civic groups.
   
• With Leadership Associates partners Walt Buster and Rene Townsend, Jim co-authored A Practical Guide to Effective School Board Meetings .
   
• Jim is married and has three sons.