Val Brown is the Chief Education and Strategic Partnership Officer at the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte, NC. With 20 years of experience spanning teaching, central office administration, higher education, and non-profit organizations, Val has specialized in high school transformation, professional learning, instructional practice, and equity. She co-authored a framework for antiracist education and is dedicated to enhancing community-connected learning experiences and promoting teacher leadership. Most recently, Val served as the Director for the Future of Learning at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 

In 2013, Val was named Seminole County, FL Teacher of the Year and received recognition from the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans in 2015. She is the founder of #ClearTheAir, an international online community of educators committed to personal and professional development through dialogue and learning. Val is also the co-host of the Integrated Schools podcast and a columnist for Learning Forward’s The Learning Professional. She actively presents at conferences across the country and earned her Ed.D. in professional learning for educators from the University of Florida. In her current appointment as a member of Carnegie’s National Faculty, she supports the Foundation's Educator Advisory Panel as well as other key initiatives.