Mary Brown, Life Pieces to Masterpieces

Ms. Brown has spent over 22 years of her life serving as a tireless advocate for countless youth. Her life’s purpose is to unveil human potential and to nurture that potential until it flourishes into meaningful action. Ms. Brown is currently the Executive Director of Life Pieces to Masterpieces, Inc, an internationally acclaimed arts-based youth development organization serving boys and young men living in low-income and public housing East of the Anacostia River. In addition to serving as the Co-founder and Executive Director of Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Ms. Brown has served as a youth development consultant and trainer for NeighborWorks America, a national community development organization, for over 11 years. She is also currently a management consultant for several local and national social service groups.

Formerly, Ms. Brown was Director of Operations for the Children’s Trust Neighborhood Initiative (CTNI), a non-profit working in the District of Columbia to strengthen youth and families and the neighborhoods in which they live. Mary Brown received her B.S. from Xavier University in Biology. Over the years, Ms. Brown has been widely honored for her efforts. She has received the Mayor’s Spirit of Neighborhood Action Award; the Augusta Savage Arts Leadership Award; the Monica Davis Show Award for Community Service; the 2007 Washington, DC Economic Partnership Innovators Award; was inducted into the Leadership Greater Washington class of 2009; and she received the 2010 Black Women In Our Community award from the Washington National Opera and DC Commission on The Arts & Humanities. Ms. Brown was recently featured on the front page of the Thanksgiving 2007 edition of the Washington Post honoring local heroes. She serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the See Forever Foundation/Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools, the Ward 7 Arts Collaborative and the Ward 7 Non-profit Consortium.