Charmaine Brown

Charmaine Brown (she/her/hers), President & Founder at Connexions Consulting, Inc., is a recognized corporate leader with over 28 years of experience in strategic HR, diversity & inclusion, talent management, organization development, and HR compliance. Her experience spans a range of industries including real estate, banking, healthcare and nonprofits.

Prior to founding Connexions Consulting, Charmaine D. Brown served as Director, Diversity and Inclusion at Forest City Enterprises, Inc., a $9 billion national owner, operator and developer of distinctive and diversified real estate. In this role, she guided the senior executive leadership in the development of corporate diversity and inclusion strategies and actions.

Her thought leadership and operational oversight of diversity resulted in Forest City’s recognition as one of the 25 Noteworthy Companies in Diversity by DiversityInc. Charmaine has demonstrated expertise in building diversity and inclusion programs from infancy to national recognition by achieving results in talent management, culture and marketplace strategies. Additionally, she cultivated an extensive network of community partnerships and relationships with national and local organizations to support and further Forest City’s inclusion and philanthropic efforts.