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Frank Brown, Esq. is the Chief Executive Officer of Communities In Schools of Atlanta. The organization’s mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

CIS of Atlanta is part of the nation’s largest and most effective organization dedicated to keeping kids in school and helping them succeed in life. CIS site coordinators work within local schools to improve attendance, behavior and academic performance while connecting students and their families to basic and critical resources. During the current academic year, CIS of Atlanta has programs at over 62 schools within the City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Clayton County and DeKalb County public school systems.

Under Brown’s leadership, CIS of Atlanta has invested in innovative new programs and partnered with private corporations and other nonprofits to increase its impact. Such new partnerships and programs include CIS of Atlanta partnering with the Multi-Agency Alliance for Children (MAAC) to support youth in foster care. A 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) grant from the Georgia Department of Education that supports our Real-World Academy after school STEM program. CIS of Atlanta has also created an Alumni Affairs Division that provides support to students in college and a LatinXcellence program that provides bilingual and culturally responsive wrap-around services.

Also, under Brown’s leadership CIS of Atlanta’s staff has expanded to serve additional students in more schools and districts.  These positive impacts have led the organization to receive numerous awards and honors.  Brown is also a graduate of Leadership Atlanta, Class of 2019 and was most recently accepted into the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management program at Harvard Business School.

Before leading CIS of Atlanta, Brown served as the first Executive Director of the Butler Street Community Development Corporation (formerly known as the historic Butler Street YMCA). In that position, he established year-round youth programming, launched the March on Washington Film Festival in Atlanta, reestablished the Hungry Club Forum, and secured partnerships with other nonprofits and governmental agencies that enhanced the organization’s healthy living and social awareness programming.

 Brown received his J.D. from the University of South Carolina’s School of Law and his B.A. in history with honors from Johnson C. Smith University.