Derick Brown

Derick Brown, MA, is the Senior Director of the Leo T. McCarthy Center at the University of San Francisco, where he has strengthened the mission of inspiring students to pursue ethical public service since 2020. A San Francisco native, Brown is a respected community advocate with over 20 years of experience in community building, fundraising, and relationship management. His previous roles include Senior Community Engagement Advisor for the San Francisco Police Department and Director of Neighborhood Services for the San Francisco Mayor's Office, where he served under Mayors Ed Lee, London Breed, and Mark Farrell.

Brown serves on several boards, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, Coro Northern California, the San Francisco Interfaith Council, the San Francisco Police Community Foundation, and the Fillmore Collaborative. He is also an advisory board member for RegisterHer, the Greenlight Selection Advisory Council, and USF’s Black Achievement Success and Engagement (BASE) program.

Residing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Brown holds a master’s degree in public leadership from the University of San Francisco and a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from UC Berkeley. He is dedicated to fostering resilient communities through collaboration and the power of collective action.

• Community engagement & relations
• Public service leadership
• Neighborhood & urban policy strategies
• Government & civic partnership building
• Higher education & student civic development
• Police-Community relations
• Strategic nonprofit & public sector collaboration
• Equity-Centered public policy implementation
• Fundraising

• Cross-Sector collaboration for social impact
• Civic learning

• Senior Director, Leo T. McCarthy Center

• MA, Public Leadership, USF, CA
• BA, American Studies, UC Berkeley, CA

• Senior Director, Leo T. McCarthy Center
• Senior Community Engagement Advisor, San Francisco Police Department
• Director, Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services
• Chief Deputy Director, Mayor's office of Neighborhood Services
• Director of Community Relations, Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco