Speaker • Writer • Systems Thinker
Making the invisible visible
Dr. Brandy "Bea" Brown is a climate justice architect who decodes power, technology, and policy to reveal what our systems cost real communities and what a more just future looks like.
Sadberry Singer Platform
StrataView™
Sadberry Singer's proprietary environmental impact assessment platform for data center infrastructure. StrataView™ evaluates facilities across five domains, twenty-two calibrated indicators, and two regional power grids, covering 7 Michigan counties with Midwest and Western grid comparison.
The platform converts complex environmental data into actionable intelligence for investors, developers, and policymakers. Its defining feature is the Environmental Justice Mapping Initiative (EJMI), which translates site-level impact scores into census-tract-level energy justice outputs. EJMI maps how environmental burden, water stress, air quality degradation, and climate risk distribute across communities using distance decay allocation, watershed logic, and CDC Social Vulnerability Index data.
StrataView™ Apex is the enterprise edition, built for institutional investors, regional planners, and government agencies that need portfolio-scale environmental assessments across multiple facilities and jurisdictions.
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Areas of Expertise
Where Systems Meet Community
Connecting policy, technology, and community power through research and lived experience.
Data Centers & AI Infrastructure
Building community-centered measurement frameworks that quantify the health, economic, and environmental burden of AI data centers on underserved communities.
Energy Equity & Policy
From Michigan's inaugural Climate & Energy Advisor role to building virtual power plants and microgrids, advancing equitable access to clean energy for all communities.
Environmental Justice
Centering Black and underserved communities in climate and technology decisions. Building frameworks that hold power accountable and strengthen community resilience.
Writing & Thought Leadership
Author of BeaYond Now, a Substack newsletter exploring where systems meet spirit, with a growing readership seeking depth over hot takes.
"We are not fighting against the future. We are fighting for a future where technology serves all people, where energy flows toward justice, and where the most vulnerable communities become the most resilient."Dr. Brandy Brown
Background
A Career Built on Systems Thinking
Education
- Ph.D., Evaluation, Western Michigan University
- M.P.A., American University
- B.A., Communication, Law, Economics & Government, American University
- Frederick Douglass Scholar
Select Roles
- Founder, Sadberry Singer
- Climate & Energy Advisor, Michigan EGLE (Inaugural)
- Chief Innovation Officer, Walker-Miller Energy Services
- EJ Faculty, University of Michigan SEAS
- Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board
Recognition
- 40 Under 40, Midwest Energy News (2018)
- Inspire Award, CLEAResult (2017)
Current Focus
- StrataView™ environmental impact platform
- AI/Data center community impact research
- BeaYond Now, Substack newsletter
- Speaking & advisory on climate justice
- Community toolkit development
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Whether you need a keynote speaker, a policy consultant, or a thought partner on climate and technology equity, let's connect.