Father, Educator, Leader, Author

Building a brighter future for America’s black students and the educators who serve them
Elect Dr. Luvelle Brown for NABSE President

Who is Dr. Luvelle Brown
Dr. Luvelle Brown is an experienced educator who has held positions as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, school CIO, and Superintendent of Schools.
Currently, Dr. Brown serves as the Superintendent of the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) in Ithaca, N.Y.. During his tenure in Ithaca, the Ithaca City School District has experienced unprecedented levels of success.
Dr. Brown is the 2017 New York Superintendent of the Year. In 2022, Dr. Brown received the prestigious Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award.
More about Dr. Brown
Dr. Brown has been recognized by the National School Boards Association as a “20-to-Watch” and “Difference Maker.” He received the Center for Digital Education Top 30 Award, and received the 2014 eSchool News Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award.
Dr. Brown was selected by the US Department of Education as one of the nation’s top 100 Innovative Superintendents. Along with that distinction, Dr. Brown was invited to be a featured speaker at President Barack Obama’s 1st National Superintendent Summit at the White House.
Dr. Brown has also served on the New York State Council of School Superintendents (NYSCOSS) Executive Committee, The School Superintendents Association (AASA) Digital Consortium, The Center for Digital Education Advisory Council, and CoSN’s Empowered Superintendent Advisory Panel.
Dr. Brown serves as an adjunct faculty member at SUNY Cortland and St. John Fisher College in New York. Dr. Brown actively serves his community. In spring 2019, he was recognized as the Tompkins County Distinguished Citizen. Dr. Brown’s community service includes his work as a term trustee at Ithaca College, Tompkins County Area Development Board member, and proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. He was also the co-founder of the nationally recognized 100 Black Men of Central Virginia.
Dr. Brown is a highly regarded speaker and workshop facilitator addressing a range of topics for local, regional, and national audiences. Recently Dr. Brown facilitated Discovery Education’s Equity Talks, a live webinar series that has attracted thousands of global educators seeking to cultivate equity and excellence. He also served as a Commissioner and co-producer of a groundbreaking report from the Learning 2025: National Commission on Student-Centered, Equity-Focused Education. He has published numerous articles, the author of Culture of Love: Cultivating a Transformative and Positive Organizational Culture and the co-author of ThinkTweets: 100 Transformative Tweets for Educators.
Career highlights
2017 New York State Superintendent of the Year
2022 AASA Effie A. Jones Humanitarian Award
TrustED Top 20 Education Thought Leaders
National School Boards Association’s “Difference Maker”
Center for Digital Education Top 30 Award
National School Boards Association’s “20 to Watch” Educators
eSchool News National “Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award”
What he’ll do for NABSE
Create a culture of financial stability and success
Make NABSE a national leader in professional development
Support educators in serving the needs of black students
Increase corporate and pre-k-12 and higher-ed membership
What other educators are saying about Dr. Brown’s leadership
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