Vice President, Advocacy & Communications
Blair Brown leads NCTL’s advocacy and communications teams. She develops the organization’s communications strategy and works with national and state media as the momentum for expanded learning time grows. In addition, she is the National Director of the Time to Succeed Coalition and works closely with key national organizations to build support for expanding learning time.
Prior to her current role, Blair served as the Associate Director of Public Policy for Massachusetts 2020, a state affiliate of NCTL. In that position, Blair helped grow state support for the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time Initiative from $6.5 million to $17.5 million in three years. She also has served as legislative director for Massachusetts State Representative Alice K. Wolf and is a veteran of many Massachusetts political campaigns.
Blair earned her Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and her BA in Political Science from Wheaton College in Norton, MA.