Brittany-Rae Gregory

Brittany-Rae is a communications expert with a passion for using storytelling, research, and advocacy to address issues plaguing urban communities. As Communications Director, Brittany-Rae fields all media requests and communications-related inquiries. In addition to managing external communications and providing support for member programming, she creates monthly newsletters and bi-weekly bulletins to keep NCC members and supporters abreast of developments in the broadband landscape. A long-time advocate of minority-serving institutions, Brittany-Rae has highlighted their role in addressing the nation’s digital divide, most recently in her piece in Blavity.

Before joining the Next Century Cities team, Brittany-Rae served as a press secretary in the U.S. House of Representatives. Brittany-Rae has also held communications roles within the federal government, nonprofit organizations, corporate communications departments, and higher education. She previously taught in the communications departments at the University of Maryland and Howard University.

Brittany-Rae completed her Ph.D. in Communications, Culture, and Media Studies at Howard University where she examined the intersection of urban development, community relations, and higher education. She received her M.S. in Mass Communications from Middle Tennessee State University and her B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Wellesley College.