Rev. Jeffrey L. Brown ‘87

At TED 2015, Rev. Jeffrey Brown’s keynote garnered a standing ovation—and has since been viewed over 1 million times. Rev. Brown is currently the president of RECAP, which stands for Rebuilding Every Community Around Peace. He is also a co-founder of the Boston Ten Point Coalition, a faith-based group that was an integral part of the famous “Boston Miracle,” during which the city experienced a 79% decline in violent crime among youth from 1990 to 1999. The efforts spawned countless urban collaborative efforts in subsequent years.

Rev. Brown consults municipalities and police departments (and policing initiatives) nationwide on issues around youth violence and community mobilization. He helps rebuild trust between neighborhoods and police departments. He has worked with the US State Department on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) initiatives and has also worked with the World Bank, IMF and IFC in senior leadership development as part of the Society for Organizational Learning North America.
Rev. Jeffrey Brown received the Spirit of the Hill Award in 2016 and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of ANTS.