Dr. Elissa F. Brown is an educational consultant. From 2021 to 2024, she served as Director of the Binghamton University Community Schools Regional Network, where she coordinated university and community agencies to deliver services and support to K-12 students in nine school districts. From 2012 to 2021, she was Director of the Hunter College Center for Gifted Studies in New York City and also served as a distinguished lecturer and program leader in the special education department. In that role, she supported New York City schools, particularly the specialized schools for gifted students, through professional development, research, and collaboration with educators to differentiate instruction and strengthen school capacity to respond to the needs of gifted students. She currently serves on the executive board of Gifted New York State advocacy association.

Elissa, formerly, worked at the North Carolina Department for Public Instruction and served as the state director of Section 504, special projects, gifted education, and state department liaison for institutions of higher education. She has been a district curriculum & instruction coordinator, a high school principal, and a teacher at elementary, middle and high school levels. She has served as an adjunct professor at several universities, including Rutgers, Vanderbilt, and Duke University. She is a published author in curriculum intervention, program evaluation, and assessment for learning. She consults and presents widely. Elissa resides in Asheville, NC.