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Arthur Brown
Arthur Brown is President of Teaching & Training by Design, LLC, a consulting company that focuses on organizational systems and leadership development. Teaching & Training by Design, LLC offers, Interactive Design, a theatre based training component that focuses on “experiential learning.” He has had the unique ability of combining his theatre experience with his professional background.
He has been working with organizational change for many years. His extensive work background includes, the County of Monroe Children’s Center, which is a facility for juvenile offenders awaiting trial and/or placement. He has held the positions of Service Coordinator for Developmental Disabilities & later Family Support Services Director for Lewis Street Center, Inc. He was instrumental in facilitating a school & community based collaborative that provided services for youth and families. His belief is that in order for change to take place with an organization it must be systemic. It must be connected to the daily operations of the organization, thus transforming the culture and environment.
He has worked as the lead trainer on a national research project with the University of Sacramento, University of San Francisco, and the University of Rochester. The Social Influences on Practice Study focused on reducing disparities in health care by studying how physicians communicate with their patients and the affect of direct advertisement of prescription drugs. He is one of the authors on the paper entitled “Caught in the Act,” which was published in the Health Research and Educational Trust Journal (Volume 41, Number 6) in June 2006.
He recently worked as a Standardized Patient Trainer at the School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Rochester, and continues to do work with Highland Hospital’s Family Medicine Research Department. His work in the medical field challenges the learner to broaden their level of competence in terms of cross-cultural development.
Mr. Brown has worked in theatre and film for the last 20 years. He narrated the documentary Harlem Renaissance: Images of a People, which was nominated for a National Black Journalist Award. One of his most memorable works was the PBS documentary, Flight to Freedom, hosted by Cicely Tyson, which won a New York State Emmy Award. He currently can be seen in the upcoming film Cherry Crush.
Mr. Brown is a member of the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) and a certified Cultural Competency Trainer. He serves on the board of directors for The Center for Youth Services and Partners for Arts Education. He has served on the boards of organizations like Aesthetic Education Institute, Young Audiences of Rochester, and the local ACLU chapter.
This Bronx native is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology with a BS degree in Hotel & Food Management and a Masters degree in Service Management, which focuses on organizational systems and leadership.
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