Dr. Brown has worked in education for more than 26 years. He began his career in 1985 as a secondary mathematics teacher in Teague ISD. He then moved to Huntsville ISD where he worked eight years, first as a secondary mathematics teacher and then assistant principal. Dr. Brown was the coordinator of mathematics from 1997-2000 in Conroe ISD and assistant superintendent for curriculum, staff development and accountability in Katy ISD from 2000-07. Most recently, he served as Superintendent of Schools for Forney ISD, where he led Forney ISD from an acceptable school district to an exemplary district in three years.

He graduated from The University of Texas at Tyler in 1985 and received his masters from Sam Houston State University in 1992. He received his doctoral degree from Texas A&M University in 1997. Dr. Brown and his wife Dana have three children - a son Tyler, daughter Kylie and daughter Kyndall.

In addition to his duties at Forney ISD, Dr. Brown served on the 2005-07 executive committee and board of directors of the Texas Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (TXASCD). He also has been involved in TEA’s Student Assessment Division/State Board of Education's Work Sessions concerning the TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) test.