Arthur L. Brown
serves as President of LeScot Enterprises, Inc. LeScot is a consulting
firm that offers business development, economic development, training and marketing
representation services. Art received his undergraduate training in Business
Administration from North Carolina A&T State University and an MBA from Atlanta University.
Previous work experience includes the Georgia Institute of Technology where his skills
were refined in economic development, internet marketing and procurement and business
development assistance. He is now a contractor for Georgia Tech's Electronic Commerce
Resource Center. He was also formerly employed by General Motors, Buick Motor Division
and AMTAR Incorporated.
He is the past President of the Business Retention and Expansion International (BREI), an
organization established to promote retention and expansion of existing business as a viable
economic strategy, past president of the National Association of Management and Technical
Assistance Centers (NAMTAC). He is a past board member of the Georgia Economic Developers
Association (GEDA) and has held several committee chairs and is a current member. He is a
Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) by the International Economic Development Council
(IEDC) and is a Certified Master Consultant/Instructor (CMC) by the Business Retention
and Expansion International (BREI) and is an Associate Contracting Assistance Specialist
(ACAS) designee by the Association of Government Marketing Assistance Specialists (AGMAS).
Special honors, recognitions and awards received include:
Minority Business Advocate of the Year, 2000 by the Atlanta Minority Business Development Center
Project-of-the-Year Awards from the National Association of Management and Technical Assistance Center, 1996, 1994, 1993, 1989, 1987 and 1985
U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration Certificate of Appreciation for an Outstanding Program of the University Centers Conference, May, 1996
National Association of Management and Technical Assistance Centers President Award, 1991-1992
As President of NAMTAC, testified before U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, April, 1991
Received Outstanding Thesis Award from the University of Oklahoma's Economic Development Institute, 1989
Greater Atlanta Small Business Project "Certificate of Merit", 1989