About LaTiecea

The Story Behind
the Mission

Over 20 years in classrooms, principal offices, nonprofit boardrooms, and healthcare settings. Dr. Brown has learned what it actually takes to lead meaningful change.

LaTiecea Brown
20+
Years of Impact

Who She Is

A Catalyst for Meaningful Change

Dr. LaTiecea Hailey-Brown, MBA, M.Ed., Ed.D. is a purpose-driven community leader, executive, and educator whose career of more than 20 years has been devoted to advancing equity through education, nonprofit leadership, and community development.

As Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement at Tampa Family Health Centers, she bridges healthcare, education, and social services for underserved communities. As founding CEO of LaTiecea Brown LLC and former Chief Operating Officer of the University Area Community Development Corporation, she has led transformational initiatives spanning housing stability, workforce development, wellness programming, and educational access.

Her foundation was forged across nearly two decades with Hillsborough County Public Schools — rising from classroom teacher to principal of a UCF-certified community school, where she learned firsthand how schools serve as anchors of community transformation. A graduate of the Ed.D. program in Educational Leadership and Administration at the University of South Florida, her leadership integrates research, legislative advocacy, and lived experience to drive lasting change.

Dr. LaTiecea Brown
MBA · M.Ed. · Ed.D.  |  Founder & CEO, LaTiecea Brown LLC
Executive VP, Tampa Family Health Centers Former COO, University Area CDC UCF-Certified Community School Principal Nonprofit Essentials Certified Executive Coaching Community Development
Leading with Purpose
500+
Leaders Coached
50+
Schools Served

Why Work With LaTiecea

Experience That Moves the Needle

01

Lived Experience & Expertise

Two decades across classrooms, school leadership, nonprofits, and healthcare means LaTiecea has seen what works and what doesn't. She doesn't work from theory alone. She works from experience.

02

Tailored to Your Context

LaTiecea takes time to understand your situation before suggesting any solutions. What works in one school doesn't necessarily work in another. She knows that.

03

Results That Sustain

The goal isn't to make you dependent on outside help. It's to leave your team better equipped than when she arrived, so the work keeps going after she's gone.

04

Deeply Committed to Equity

Equity shows up in everything, not as a checkbox, but as the lens through which every recommendation and conversation is shaped. It's not optional; it's the whole point.

Career Journey

Two Decades of Transformative Leadership

2004 – 2011
Elementary School Teacher
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Certified K–5, K–12 Reading, and K–5 ESOL teacher. Built a foundation in creative lesson planning, curriculum development, and student-centered instructional practice across seven years in the classroom.
2011 – 2014
Technology Resource & Curriculum Leader
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Bridged technology and curriculum leadership — managing school IT infrastructure, implementing improvement plans, analyzing student data, training teachers, and developing response-to-intervention strategies.
2014 – 2019
Assistant Principal
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Led academic vision and instructional improvement as an assistant principal, shaping a culture hospitable to education, cultivating leadership in others, and managing data-driven processes at the school level.
2019 – 2023
School Principal
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Served as proud principal of a UCF-certified community school — coordinating wraparound services with core partners, elevating academic excellence, and expanding the school's role as a hub of community transformation.
2023 – 2025
Chief Operating Officer
University Area Community Development Corporation
Oversaw transformational initiatives in housing stability, workforce development, wellness programming, and educational access — ensuring that systems and services worked for the families who relied on them most.
2025 – Present
Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement
Tampa Family Health Centers
Leads mission-aligned efforts that bridge healthcare, education, and social services to meet the evolving needs of underserved communities across the Tampa Bay region.
2026 – Present
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
LaTiecea Brown LLC
Launched to bring two decades of frontline experience directly to leaders, schools, and organizations — offering coaching, consulting, and speaking rooted in the work she's spent a career doing.

Academic Foundation

Education & Credentials

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
University of South Florida
2022 – 2026
Educational Leadership and Administration
Completed
Master of Education (M.Ed.)
Grand Canyon University
2012 – 2013
Educational Leadership and Administration
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Florida Metropolitan University
2002
Business Administration and Management
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
State University of New York at Old Westbury
1994 – 1998
Liberal Arts and Sciences

Ready to work together?

Let's Build Something
Extraordinary Together

Whether you're an individual leader ready to make a change or a school looking for the right partner. The best first step is a conversation. Reach out and let's figure it out together.

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