C. Alan Brown
Chairman of the Board of Directors

Alan Brown returned teen driver’s education to Georgia families.  Two years ago he lost his son, Joshua, in crash that he and his wife, LuGina, felt could have been avoided with drivers training.  They formed the Joshua Brown Foundation.  Understanding that many communities lacked the availability and funding, he authored Joshua’s Law that was overwhelmingly passed in 2005 in the Georgia General Assembly.  The law states that any teen wanting to drive before the age of 17 must complete a drivers education program.  A funding mechanism is provided by establishing a 5% fee on traffic violations to cover the costs of driver’s education in Georgia.  Approximately 30 state legislators and the Canadian Parliament have contacted him for assistance with implementing Joshua’s law within their jurisdictions.

Mr. Brown discovered the next important question—What is effective drivers education?  He  brought together three competing national drivers training products to develop a comprehensive computerized curriculum and driving simulator training program.  Raising $250,000 in 2004, he developed a 9-week computerized drivers training classroom with computers and driving simulators at Cartersville High School.  The Joshua Brown Foundation joined with the Burruss Institute at Kennesaw State University to open the first teen driving research center in America.

Mr. Brown graduated from the University of Georgia and worked for 20 years as an executive of a trucking transportation company in Georgia.  He also was a national sales and motivational speaker before opening several Cingular Wireless stores in Northwest Georgia.

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