Crystal E. Brown-Garrant

Chief Program Officer @Sandy Hook Promise

Newtown, CT, US

In the Chief Program Officer role, I hold responsibilities for defining and developing the overarching strategic vision and roadmap for student, school, and community violence prevention programmatic initiatives, setting the standard of excellence and modeling best practices across Sandy Hook Promise\'s (SHP) existing programs: Say Something Anonymous Reporting System (SSARS), National Crisis Center, Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Promise Clubs, and Know the Signs.Programming Strategy: Lead a national research-based program model, one that integrates a race, equity, diversity, and inclusion (REDI) framework to deepen impact and advance the SHP theory of change with focus on scaling and sustaining existing programs and initiatives as well as expanding the program portfolio. Measurement and Evaluation: Establish and implement an overarching measurement and evaluation strategy against SHP\'s theory of change, advancing data and insight capability. Stakeholder Engagement: Engage stakeholders across the spectrum of K-12 providers to advance violence prevention strategies to include but not limited to local, state and national education providers, policy makers, law enforcement, and community-based organizations. Thought Leadership: Establish and implement an approach that creates a robust pipeline of new and sustained strategic programmatic partnerships.

Capella University

Masters of Nonprofit Management & Leadership, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Eastern Michigan University

Bachelors of Science, Applied Sociology & African American Studies

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Master of Education - MEd, Education Leadership