Robert L. Brown, R. L. Brown & AssociatesRobert L. Brown, Jr., is President and Chief Executive Officer of R L Brown & Associates, Inc., and an active community and business leader. A native of Dublin, Georgia, Robert graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tuskegee University, with two degrees in Architecture. In 1999, he was elevated to the American Institute of Architect’s prestigious College of Fellows.
Robert’s business and civic leadership are evident in the impact he has had statewide and locally through many organizations with which he is involved. Robert is a past Chair of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and the Georgia State Board of Corrections.
He currently serves on the State Transportation Board, chairing the Statewide Transportation Planning/Strategic Planning Committee. He is Vice Chair of the Georgia Historical Society. He also serves on the Boards of two public companies, Citizens Trust Bank and Georgia Power, as well as the Metro Atlanta, DeKalb and Georgia Chambers.
Robert is a former Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce “Small Business Person of the Year,” the Atlanta Business League “Entrepreneur of the Year,” and has been recognized as one of Georgia Trend’s “100 Most Influential Citizens”, with many other awards to his credit, including the “Ivan Allen Sr. Award” from the American Institute of Architects Atlanta. Recently the company received the 2010 “Chairman’s Award” for Supplier Diversity, from the Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance.
Robert contributes much of his time and talent to serve organizations that promote education and lifelong learning, including the “Livable Communities Coalition,” the “Early Education Commission,” the Agnes Scott College Board of Trustees and the Atlanta Speech School Board of Directors.
He is married to the former Barbara Willis, a 1976 graduate of Tuskegee and a native of Birmingham, Alabama. Their son, Robert III, is also a Tuskegee graduate and is Director of Business Services at R L Brown & Associates. Their daughter, Robyn, is a freshman at UGA.