Deborah Brown

Deborah Brown (she/her) is president of Brookline’s Community Development Corporation (formerly known as Brookline Improvement Coalition). Previously, she managed and lead a range of programs at the Environmental Protection Agency that included climate justice, environmental education, food justice and tribal capacity building hazardous waste, tribal and federal facility enforcement and compliance programs. She co-authored a book on Brownfields. Prior to the EPA, she was director of Equal Employment Opportunity for the New York Transit Authority, counsel for the Texas Department of Agriculture, and an assistant to the Governor of Texas. She received her JD from the University of Texas School of Law, and a BA from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and has served on numerous charitable boards.