Mr. Brown currently serves as the Systemwide Senior Director for Civil Rights at the California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor. In this role, he oversees the consistent interpretation and implementation of Title IX and civil rights policies across the CSU system, ensuring equitable programming and services for the entire CSU community. Prior to this position, Mr. Brown was the Executive Director of Equity, Inclusion, and Compliance at California State University, Bakersfield, where he provided strategic leadership for a comprehensive range of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Notably, in 2023, he led a committee that successfully developed a proposal to establish CSUB’s first Black Student Success Center.
Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University, where he also earned a certification in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute. Following law school, he transitioned into collegiate athletics administration, where he spent over 15 years working in NCAA Division I athletics. His experience includes managing compliance programs, leading academic support services, life skills development, graduate student career programs, and sport program management.
A UC Berkeley Executive Leadership Fellow, National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) Standards of Professional Practice Institute Fellow, University of Utah New Leadership Academy Fellow, and CSU Leadership Academy graduate, Mr. Brown is a respected leader in his field. He has served on multiple professional committees and has been a featured speaker at collegiate sports panels. His expertise extends to DEIB, Title IX, NCAA compliance, college readiness, life skills development, sports law, and higher education leadership.
Outside of his professional responsibilities, Mr. Brown is deeply committed to community engagement. He has served on the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District Equity Taskforce, the Kern Equity Symposium Steering Committee, and the Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce Leadership Bakersfield. He is also passionate about youth mentorship and has co-facilitated couples’ relationship seminars.
With a distinguished career in higher education and athletics, Mr. Brown continues to advocate for equity, inclusion, and justice within both academic and community settings.
Marcus Brown, J.D.
Chairman of the Board
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