Terri Hamilton Brown bio

Terri Hamilton Brown is a skilled leader with the right experience to start our new county government off properly. A Cleveland native, Terri Hamilton Brown graduated from the University of Chicago (BA in Economics) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Masters in City Planning.) After returning home, Terri’s public, private sector and non-profit leadership uniquely prepared her for the challenges our first county executive will face.

As Director of Community Development in the White Administration, Terri Hamilton Brown led Cleveland’s effort to build more than a thousand housing units and several multi-use districts, beginning a residential building boom in the city.
As Executive Director of the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, Terri Hamilton Brown achieved a “worst-to-first” style turnaround of the 1,000 employee organization, transforming its national ratings from bottom to top and its un-auditable books into near-perfect audits.

As president of University Circle Inc, Terri Hamilton Brown strategically involved community stakeholders and worked with all parties to advance the Opportunity Corridor, a transportation and economic development effort to stimulate job creation and economic growth in the health care, educational and cultural sectors. She also expanded community and educational use of Wade Oval and University Circle cultural organizations.

As Senior Vice President of National City Bank [now PNC], Terri Hamilton Brown expanded opportunity for all, establishing programs to recruit and retain diverse talent at one of our region’s leading private sector employers and to increase the bank’s marketing efforts and business with small, female and minority-owned businesses.

Terri Hamilton Brown has the proven energy, expertise and ethics our first elected executive needs. She made large governments work better. She consistently envisioned and reached transformational goals. She managed finance, human services, public safety, arts and culture, job creation, land use, legislative relations and other key areas facing the new county executive. Meeting every challenge, she built and sustained collaborations and relationships to get the job done effectively and ethically.

Terri is married to Darnell Brown and resides in Cleveland.