Dr Jolyn Brand
General Board Member
Jolyn (Jo) Brand grew up in Houston, Texas, where she earned a Bachelor's in Business and a Master's in Education from the University of Houston. After several years of teaching in public secondary schools, she was a school program administrator. She founded and ran Brand College Consulting for more than a decade, helping students towards their post-secondary goals. She earned her doctorate in education from Northeastern University. After relocating to Philadelphia in 2021, she began working with the School District of Philadelphia to provide professional development to teachers.