Speaking at We Do This Work Together: Creating Pathways for Meaningful Action in the Face of Racial Injustice
Harold Brown is the first-ever Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, a new executive leadership position created to catalyze, guide, and implement CSO's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and practices across the organization. Harold reports directly to President & CEO Jonathan Martin, leading the organization’s DEI department and serving as a key member of the senior management team. Harold previously served as Vice President of Community Strategies at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, where he advanced the foundation’s strategy shift to prioritize racial equity as its overarching mission.
For more than sixteen years prior to joining GCF, Harold served in a variety of leadership roles at KnowledgeWorks, which involved partnerships and investments in initiatives designed to dramatically improve educational outcomes for disadvantaged youth in cities across the nation.
An Oxford, Ohio native and graduate of Harvard University, Harold began his career as a Senior Researcher at WGBH Boston. He later directed Multicultural Enrollment Services at Miami University (Ohio), where he led the university’s successful efforts to dramatically increase minority student enrollment and retention. A strong believer in the importance of community service, Harold serves on the boards of the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati, Cradle 2 Career Cincinnati, Mt. St. Joseph University, GreenLight Cincinnati, School Board Schools, and AchievePoint Career Academy.
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