Tony Brown
Professor of the Practice,
Public Policy Studies and Sociology

Tony Brown joined the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy’s faculty as a Professor of the Practice in 1994. He was the recipient of the Howard Johnson Distinguished Teaching Award for undergraduate teaching excellence in 1997. Tony received a Bachelor in Arts in political science from the University of Connecticut and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University.Tony had a long career in the insurance industry and he served as the Chairman and CEO of the Covenant Insurance Company for almost ten years. Subsequently, he was the Vice President for External Affairs at the University of Connecticut and the Chief Operating Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston’s Equity Division. He has been involved in community activities throughout his career. While a number of them have been business related, he was also very involved in his former home state of Connecticut in the criminal justice system (including membership on the Governor’s Commission on Prison Overcrowding), and higher education (including membership on the Connecticut Board of Governors for Higher Education).

Tony is a faculty member of the Hart Leadership Program in the Public Policy Institute, where he has created four courses, all of which pertain to issues of public policy, leadership, business, and community development. All of his classes require some form of community leadership project. His emerging research agenda focuses on the development of young adults as meaningful contributors to values driven commercial organizations.

Current volunteer board memberships include The Duke Divinity School Board of Visitors and the national and local boards of Public Allies. Tony also volunteers his time to consult nonprofit organizations, including the Durham Public School System and Ten Thousand Villages. Last, and certainly not least, he is involved in a variety of academic and student-related activities on campus (including the Markets and Management Advisory Committee and the IFC Advisory Council). He remains involved in the business sector as a member of the board of directors of the Trenwick Reinsurance Company and by providing consulting services to several securities firms and insurance companies in the New York City area. Tony’s wife, Teddie, also works at the Public Policy Institute, where her responsibilities include coordinating his students’ community leadership projects. Finally, as his students know, Tony loves to cook. He and Teddie also enjoy tennis and traveling.

Leadership, Development, and Organizations (PPS146), Public-Private Leadership (PPS138s), Business Leadership, Social Responsibility, and Public Policy (PPS139s), and Enterprising Leadership (PPS196s).