Chevy Chase resident joins Manchester University Board of Trustees

Dustin Brown works in the Office of Management and Budget

North Manchester, IN (02/06/2023) — Leaders in public administration, education and medicine have joined the Manchester University Board of Trustees. They are all Manchester graduates, with deep family ties to the institution in northeast Indiana.

Dustin Brown works in Washington D.C. in the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President.

For the past four administrations, beginning in 2001, the Chevy Chase resident has been the senior career executive responsible for improving the federal government's results and performance. He also has responsibilities for helping to set the President's Management Agenda, improving the public's experience with government services, strengthening the federal workforce and increasing the use of evidence in decision-making.

Brown also represents the United States government in international organizations focused on public governance. He was elected in 2018 to serve as chair of the Public Governance Committee of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

For the past five years he has been an adjunct professor at the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs in its Washington, D.C., center.

Brown earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Manchester in 1999, received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar in Quito, Ecuador, and holds a master's degree in public administration from the Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

"I am proud that two of my great grandparents went to Manchester College, two of my grandparents actually met at Manchester. My mother went to Manchester (Judi Miller '70 Brown), and I met my wife (Heidi Howiler '98 Brown) at Manchester. I also grew up in the town of North Manchester where my parents owned the Studio for years."

"Manchester is a special, special place for so many people. The fact that my grandparents, parents, and my wife and I all met at Manchester shows how significant it has been in my life. I am interested in learning and contributing in any way I can to create opportunities for current and future students as well as supporting the amazing professors that provide the teaching and mentorship that makes Manchester such a unique learning community."

His volunteer involvement includes coaching his sons' sports teams and service in his community, Chevy Chase, Maryland.

He is joined on the board by Aaron L. Fetrow, president of Heritage Hall P-12 independent schools in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Harriet A Hamer, M.D., of South Bend, Indiana.

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