Bernice Leona Baynes Brown

Background

Brown, Bernice Leona Baynes was born on June 19, 1935 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Howard Leon and Henrietta Lydia (Hodges) Baynes.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, 1957. Master of Education, University Pittsburgh, 1966.

Career

Teacher, Pittsburgh Public Schools, 1957-1965; lecturer, Carlow College, Pittsburgh, 1964-1967; education specialist, Bay Area Urban League, San Francisco, 1967-1968; assistant professor, San Francisco College for Women, 1968-1972; dean students, Lone Mountain College, San Francisco, 1972-1976; director, San Francisco Public Schools Commission, 1976; program executive, San Francisco Foundation, 1977-1986; educational consultant, San Francisco, since 1987; foundation administrator, Clorox Company Foundation, 1989-1991; dean of faculty and staff development, City College of San Francisco, 1991-1993; campus dean, City College of San Francisco, since 1993. Visiting scholar Stanford (California) U., 1987-1988.

Achievements

• Bernice Leona Baynes Brown has been listed as a noteworthy Foundation consultant, educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member board governors California Community Colleges, 1975-1981, California Post Secondary Education Commission, Sacramento, 1978-1980, State Supt's Advisory Committee on Black American Affairs, California, since 1985. Chair Foundation Community Service Cable Television, San Francisco, 1982-1984. Trustee Schools of Sacred Heart, San Francisco, 1982-1987.

Board directors Urban Economic Development Corporation, 1988-2000, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, 1990-1998, Network for Elders, since 1997, Community Boards, Inc., since 2000, Presidio World College, 2000^. Trustee Howard Thurman Educational Trust, 1989-1994, Uprising Community Credit Union, San Francisco, since 2001. Member San Francisco League of Women Voters (board directors 2000-2002), Women and Foundations Corporation Philanthropy (board directors 1985-1987), Association Black Foundation Executives (board directors 1978-1982), Commonwealth Club of California (board governors 1988-1991).

Connections

Married James Brown, May 4, 1964. 1 child, Kiyeseni Anu.

Father:

Howard Leon Baynes

Mother:

Henrietta Lydia (Hodges) Baynes

Spouse:

James Brown

child:

Kiyeseni Anu Brown