New York, NY - Art Brown has been named Regional Manager for the CPS Human Resource Services Northeast Region, based in New York City. Brown will be responsible for providing service to existing CPS clients and developing new business in the public, nonprofit and higher education sectors. The region covers 11 states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States, plus the District of Columbia.
Brown is the former Director of Human Resources for the City University of New York, the largest urban public university in the nation. In this position he was in charge of all areas of employment, including recruitment, classification and compensation, and the development of human resource policies and procedures for all 20 campuses of the University system. Brown previously held the position of Assistant Commissioner for Human Resources for the State of New Jersey where he was responsible for the operations of the New Jersey merit system at both the state and local level.
"Art is an extremely talented professional who brings tremendous expertise, experience and energy to CPS. We´re very glad to have him with us," said Bob Lavigna, CPS Senior Manager for Client Services Group - East.
Brown has worked with CPS in his previous positions and looks forward to his future with CPS, "The CPS staff always gave more than 110% in addressing our agency´s needs. I look forward to being part of a team of human resource professionals that are so driven to excel," said Brown.
In addition to an M.A. in Administration and a B.A. in Psychology from Rider University, Brown is a Certified Public Manager from Rutgers University. He has also earned Certification as a "Compensation Professional" from World at Work and is certified as a "Senior Professional in HR" by the Society of Human Resource Management. Brown is also a member of The New York Times Advisory Council on Job Market issues, has consulted with the United Nations, and has been an adjunct professor at several accredited universities.
To reach Art Brown, call (212) 946-4857 or email at abrown[at]cps.ca.gov.
About CPS Human Resource Services
As a government agency, CPS is helping to improve human resources in the public and nonprofit sectors. CPS provides a full range of HR management and consulting, examination, certification, licensing, and executive search services to more than 1000 local, state, and federal government agencies, public utilities, associations, nonprofits, and other organizations throughout North America.
CPS Human Resource Services has six consulting services offices across the country. CPS is governed by a 10-member public agency board of directors: City of Anaheim; California State Personnel Board; East Bay Municipal Utilities District; Hayward Unified School District; City of Las Vegas; City University of New York; Sacramento County; City/County of San Francisco; Sonoma County; and Wisconsin Office of State Employment Relations.
CPS Human Resource Services is the 2004 winner of the Sacramento Workplace Excellence Leader Award.
***The CPS Northeast Region includes Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.