James Brown

James Brown

Chairman


jasbro757@gbdf.org

About

James E. Brown has over 30 years of experience as a venture capitalist, financial advisor, and commercial real estate sales and commercial business and investment broker.

He has been an entrepreneur and management consultant in various settings. 

Namely, he currently serves as President of GTS Transportation Services. 


James is also very active in the Film Industry, serving as President and CEO of First Nite Productions, Inc., a Maryland corporation, that still partners with Poitier Productions Inc. of New York to produce Feature Films and Documentary Projects. 


He has served as President of JWD Management Services, Inc., and Carolina Investment Strategies Group, LLC, both an investment and financial service provider. 

Mr. Brown also has served as Financial Consultant and Sports Agent to former Professional Basketball Players and has partnered on several business ventures with Dominique Wilkins, basketball legend and Vice President for the Atlanta Hawks. He is founder and is currently Chair of the Gregory B. Davis Foundation.


Mr. Brown sits on several Boards including the Wilkins Foundation in Atlanta, GA., Multi-Line Management, LTD, a Bermuda based licensed insurance management company and business consultant to TESLA Reinsurance, Inc. of Barbados. 


In 2003, Mr. Brown was appointed as an NGO Delegate to the United Nations serving Regions in Africa in the area of Humanitarian Projects and is a member of the Washington International Trade Association. 


He attended Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia and received his Bachelors Degree in Business and Finance from the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC. 

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