Troy Brown

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Troy Brown is the Assistant Director of Program and Staff Development for the State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division’s (CSSD).  He manages Program and Services, Training Academy and the Multicultural Affairs Unit, where he has been leading CSSD’s strategic plan to promote diversity and cultural competence by planning, implementing and coordinating the cultural competency initiative. 

He was born and raised in a predominantly African American community in Hartford, CT by Jamaican parents.  Although residing in an urban environment, his secondary and graduate education occurred in suburban and rural settings.  This afforded him the opportunity to learn that there were differences in both racial, ethnic, religious and economic attributes of peers and colleagues.  This experience combined with his bicultural upbringing set the stage for his passion and work in diversity and cultural responsiveness.

Troy has been developing, facilitating and conducting trainings and focus groups on culture, diversity, race and bias since 2009.  Some of these trainings include Foundation in Cultural Responsiveness (FCR) 100 & 200, Stereotypes and Assumptions, Implicit Bias, Understanding Poverty as Part of Cultural Competence, The Multigenerational Workplace, Islamophobia, Understanding Jamaican Culture, Limited English Proficiency, and the Color of Justice Forum to name a few.

Troy’s work in Implicit Bias includes conducting trainings for Judges, Judicial Branch employees including Adult & Juvenile Probation Officers, Bail Commissioners, Family Relation Counselors, and Clerks amongst others.  In addition, he has developed and conducted Implicit Bias trainings for the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center’s Salons at Stowe and for the Connecticut Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Criminal Justice System’s conference on “Demystifying Implicit Bias: Insights for Change.”

Currently, he serves as chair of the CSSD Advisory Committee on Cultural Responsiveness and he is a member of the following:

  • Connecticut Judicial Branch Advisory Committee on Cultural Competency

  • Connecticut Judicial Branch Limited English Proficiency Committee, and 

  • CT Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Criminal Justice System.

Troy holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from Pennsylvania State University and Juris Doctorate degree from University of Connecticut School of Law.  He resides with his wife and two daughters in Hartford, Connecticut.