Sheila Brooks - Vice-Chair for Public Policy

Sheila Brooks Founder, President and CEO, SBR Communications, LLC (Washington, DC) Sheila Brooks is an Emmy-award winning journalist, entrepreneur, and dedicated advocate for minority and women's issues and small businesses. Ms. Brooks is founder, president and CEO of SRB Communications, LLC, a full-service media and communications agency and post-production facility in Washington, DC. Celebrating 19 years in business, SRB Communications is an award-winning agency that provides creative, branding, and post-production services for the client s print, broadcast and online needs. The agency specializes in social and community issues, especially diversity, education, health care, the environment and public policy. SRB Communications primarily produces and manages cross-platform advertising and integrated communications campaigns for a diverse group of clients, including some of the nation's leading corporations, the Federal government, municipalities, the military, nonprofit organizations and political candidates. Prior to starting her company in 1990, Ms. Brooks built a distinguished television career as a news director, reporter, anchor, and documentary producer at CBS, NBC, PBS and Fox owned-and operated and affiliate TV stations across the country. She has won many awards for journalism excellence and entrepreneurship, and she is a nationally recognized speaker on women and business issues. She serves as National Spokesperson for "Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color" Research Project, a multi-year research effort to help "women of color" entrepreneurs grow their businesses, sponsored by the Center for Women's Business Research and Babson College. Ms. Brooks has a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications with a major in broadcast journalism from the University of Washington in Seattle, and a Master of Arts degree in political science from Howard University in Washington, DC. She is an alumna of the Leadership Greater Washington program, the Minority Business Executive Programs at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business and Dartmouth College's Amos Tuck School of Business.