Tina Brown
CEO, Overtown Youth Center, Miami
Tina Brown is a fiercely passionate and committed leader whose life’s mission is to empower others both professionally and personally. As Chief Executive Officer of the Overtown Youth Center (OYC Miami), she is in the trenches daily, fighting to level the playing field for youth, children and adults in communities across Miami-Dade.
As OYC Miami’s Woman-in-Chief, Tina’s savvy business acumen and dynamic leadership style has been the catalyst for establishing a dynamic workplace and culture conducive for creating efficiencies that have been integral to increasing the organization's operating revenue over 500%; from $1.5M to $9M million on an annual basis and increasing OYC’s assets to $33M.
Tina’s personal lived experiences & unrelenting desire to create sustainable change has been the driving force behind her vision to expand its core services and the organization’s brand. Since her reign, OYC’s service population has more than tripled; along with offering a more robust array of educational, enrichment and exposure opportunities; as well as expanding health, wellness, civic engagement, college, vocational and workforce readiness programs from Miami to South Broward.
Under Tina’s leadership, a high demand for services began to surge; resulting in the need for a larger space to operate. In 2017, Tina spearheaded the launch of a $22 million capital campaign to construct a 56,000 square foot facility to accommodate the growth of OYC’s service population, program services, staff, and the needs of community at large. To date, Tina has been integral in raising $22M of the project’s goal through an aggressive and diverse fundraising strategy to include individual, foundation, and corporate giving; as well as New Markets Tax Credits.
As a proud graduate of the HBCU Savannah State University; Tina holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with a concentration in Accounting and Finance, and a Master’s Degree in Accounting.
Tina is a well-respected professional and is generous with lending her expertise. To this end, she serves on the Boards of the Overtown Children and Youth Coalition, Together for Children, Equity Advocacy Collective, Florida Community Loan Fund, ABFE, and has served as an advisor to the Miami Foundation and several other state, local, and community/government organizations.
While Tina is a profound leader who is known for getting results, her greatest accomplishment is the life she has built with her husband Cory and their three children, Kaige, Kaiden and Canaan Brown.
