Executive Committee, National Education Association

Eric Brown

Eric Brown, a biology teacher in Evanston, Illinois, was re-elected to the National Education Association’s (NEA) Executive Committee in July 2018 for a three-year term. The NEA Executive Committee includes the NEA president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer, plus six members elected at-large by the Representative Assembly.

Brown has taught biology at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) District 202 in Evanston, Illinois since 1999. Brown played an active role in making ETHS a safer school for LGBT students and in increasing achievement for minority students. Brown is the former president of his local, the ETHS Teachers’ Council, and has served on the Board of Directors for both the Illinois Education Association and NEA.

In addition, Brown has represented educators and students on the Illinois State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.

Brown recognizes the importance of organizing and engaging the entire NEA membership in efforts to make great public schools for every student. With that philosophy as his primary motivator, Brown’s work at all association levels has focused on developing leaders by providing them with opportunities to contribute to their professional community and the association.

Brown earned his bachelor’s degree in biological sciences in 1997 and a Master of Science in Education in 1999, both from Northwestern University.

The National Education Association is the nation’s largest professional employee organization, representing three million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, and students preparing to become teachers.