Charmaine Brown

About Charmaine Brown

A Quote of Mine\"Reputational equity is the new business case for DEI.\" Me -) At A Glance• Innovative and Engaging Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, & Corporate Social Responsibility Expert• Senior Business Leader possessing 20+ years of experience, and a Masters degree from Johns Hopkins • Inspiring Leader, driving inclusive change & re-imagined workplace cultures, focusing on engagement • Strategic, decisive Change Agent & SME, thriving on shaping & influencing the direction of inclusion DEI Strengths• Partnering with Leadership, especially the C-Suite – in creating robust, leading-edge DEI workplaces• Deep and wide experience in injecting Cultural Competency & DEI best practices in an organization• Adept/Seasoned in multicultural market segments for affordable housing, & achieving racial equality• Conceptualizing, defining, assessing, and cultivating D&I talent enrichment as an institutional goal• Delivering Thought Leadership, committed to establishing & building diverse operating environments• Assessing Staff engagement levels and organizational efficacy to define/implement positive change• Establishing best-in-class talent programs within complex environments, aligning them internally• Envisioning, championing, & instilling both the spirit - and infrastructure - of DEI across an enterprise • Conceptualizing, defining, executing, & iterating DEI as a viable institutional goal and a robust vision• Tireless Agent of Change, passionate about translating requirements into action & winning outcomes• Establishing diverse and inclusive operations focused on Staff engagement & empowerment principles• Integrating force for D&I issues, incl. collaborating with a wide array of 3rd-party networks & resources

Experience

1. Vice President, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

   United Way

   May 2023 — Present · Alexandria, VA, US

   Serve as an enterprise leader to advance inclusion and culture strategies across a global nonprofit network. • Partner with executive leadership to integrate equity into business strategy and community impact. • Drive the implementation of inclusion principles throughout the talent lifecycle, enhancing recruitment, retention, and development processes.

Education

• Bowie State University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, English

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Master of Arts - MA, Communications

• Harvard Business School

  Executive Education, Strategies for Building and Leading Diverse Organizations

• Cornell University ILR School

  Diversity Management Certificate, Workforce, Workplace and Marketplace Strategies

• Harvard Kennedy School

  Strategies for Building and Leading Diverse Organizations, Executive Education

Skills

• Mortgage Lending
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Leadership
• Financial Services
• Management
• Team Building
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Talent Management
• Loss Mitigation
• Non-Profits
• Cultural Competency Training
• Strategic Planning
• Nonprofits
• Loans
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Change Management
• Community Development