Charlene Brown-McKenzie (C’95, G’23, Parent'27) serves as the senior associate dean of students and executive director of Student Access and Success.

For more than a decade, Brown-McKenzie has directed the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access (CMEA) where she leads a team responsible for academic and student support services, college access, diversity education, and multicultural programming.

As executive director of access and success, Brown-McKenzie directs pre-college and community engagement initiatives by facilitating strategic partnerships with District of Columbia public and charter school leadership, public and private partners seeking to impact the college and career readiness. In 2024, she served as co-faculty lead for the DC–Doha Dialogue, a cross-campus initiative between Georgetown’s Hilltop and Qatar campuses examining religion, gender, education, labor, and identity.

Throughout her tenure, Brown-McKenzie serves on university committees including admissions, research and fellowship, case management, bias reporting, and mental health, to advise change toward a campus climate that cultivates a more diverse community.

In addition to her administrative leadership, Charlene serves as adjunct lecturer and capstone advisor in Georgetown’s Masters in Higher Education Administration program, preparing emerging higher-education professionals. She is a member of both the Jesuit and national association of student affairs administrators. She is also a field instructor for graduate level social workers. Charlene lends her expertise to the Gates Scholars Program, The Steve Fund, TRIO programs, and national college access networks.

A proud Georgetown alumna, Brown-McKenzie earned her Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Georgetown, a Master of Science in social work from Columbia University, and a doctorate from Georgetown University, where she received the Tropaia Award for her research examining cultural capital and the intersection of K–12 and higher education.