Background
Brown, Geraldine Reed was born on February 18, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of William Penn and Alberta Vernice (Coleman) Reed.
Brown, Geraldine Reed was born on February 18, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of William Penn and Alberta Vernice (Coleman) Reed.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Fisk University, 1968. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1971. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1973.
Associate White & Case, New York City, 1973-1978. Attorney J.C. Penney Company, Inc., 1978-1988. President The Reed-Brown Consultant Group., Montclair, New Jersey, since 1989.
Counsel Spooner & Burnett, New York City, 1993-1998. Assistant professor business law Montclair State College, 1990-1992. Adjunct professor business law Kean College New Jersey, 1989-1994.
Adjunct professor Law School Seton Hall, 1995. Director, secretary, general counsel Renaissance Junior Golf, Inc., Newark. Instructor Hudson County Community College, Bergen Community College, Entrepreneurial Training Institute.
Member committee on women and the courts New Jersey Supreme Court, committee on fee arbitration.
Board directors Council Concerned Black Executives, New York City, 1977-1988, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, 1980-1981. Member Montclair (New Jersey) Development Board, 1985-1988, ad hoc committee on Montclair Economic Development corporation, 1985-1988. Secretary, board trustee Montclair Young Women’s Christian Association, 1989-1997, United Hospitals Medical Center, vice chairman, 1991-1993, trustee, 1989-1997, executive committee, chair bylaws committee, chair strategic planning committee, personnel committee.
Former secretary board trustees, chair human resources committee Ramapo College, 1993-1904, trustee, 1993-1904. Chair bylaws committee, New Jersey United Minority Business Brain Trust. Trustee Essex County Court Appointed Special Advocates, 1989-1993, Junior League of Montclair, Newark Mental Health Resources Center, Montclair, New Jersey, 1991-1996.
Trustee, secretary Montclair Early Childhood Corporation, 1997-1998. Trustee, secretary St. Marks United Methodist Church, Pineridge Corporation, United Methodist Homes. Member board directors Equal Opportunity Fund New Jersey Commission Higher Education.
Fellow New York State Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (several committees section corporation, banking and business law, section international law and practice), New Jersey Bar Association (member business organizations committee), Essex County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association (member House of Delegates since 2005, executive committee Continuing Legal Education, legislation liason 1981-1990, vice chairman 1988-1990, executive committee of Corporate Counsel section, chairman committee on Securities and Exchange Commission, finance corporation law and governance, chair committee attorney professionalism 1994-1997, member task force on profession, committee review of courts and professions), Association of Bar of City of New York (corporation law committee 1978-1981), New York County Lawyers Association (corporation law committee), Executive Women of New Jersey, Harvard Business School Club, Harvard Law School Association (trustee, vice president New Jersey chapter), Coalition 100 Black Women, Harvard Business School Black Alumni Association, Harvard Law School Black Alumni Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Theta (past chair social action committee Montclair alumnae chapter, past chair rules committee, parlimentarian).
Married Ronald Wellington Brown, August 20, 1972. Children: Kimberly Diana, Michael David.