Before coming to AVI CHAI, Rabbi Steven M. Brown, Ed.D headed Jewish educational institutions for 41 years. For many years he served as director of supplementary and day schools, staff member and educational trainer at Ramah camps, and in recent years was Director of the Melton Research Center for Jewish Education and Dean of the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at JTS. He has authored many articles and books on Jewish school curricula and has a particular interest in teaching Jewish prayer and translating Jewish theology into varied educational settings. While at JTS he helped create the Day School Leadership Training Institute (DSLTI) and the TaNaKH Standards and Benchmarks project.
Steve has a B.A. and BHL from the Combined Program of JTS and Columbia University; an M.A. and Ed.D from Teachers College, Columbia University; and an MHL and Rabbinic Ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.