Carl Brooks
President & CEO
The Executive Leadership Council
The Executive Leadership Foundation
1010 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 520
Washington, D.C. 20007202.298.8226
202.298.8074 (fax)
Carl Brooks is the President & Chief Executive Officer
of The Executive Leadership Council and its 501 (c) 3
affiliate, The Executive Leadership Foundation. He
became President in 2001 after a 25 year career in the
energy industry, becoming CEO September of 2005. He
performs his duties as CEO of the two organizations in
accordance with their budgets, by-laws and policies. Since
assuming leadership, Mr. Brooks has provided strategic
direction that has led to increased membership and a
realignment of the organization’s programs to help
create a comprehensive inclusive leadership pipeline
that develops senior corporate leaders from the classroom
to the boardroom. He has also been instrumental
in establishing fiscal policies that have solidified
the organization’s financial position while securing
millions of new dollars in funding to support the organization’s
strategic goals and day-to-day operational needs. .
Under
his leadership, Mr. Brooks has focused on building
the image of the organization on a national and international
level. He has launched a series of new program
initiatives, while reinvigorating some of the Council’s
traditional program offerings. He launched The
Executive Leadership Council’s Institute for Leadership
Development & Research, an initiative developed to
provide cutting-edge training and research for African
American senior executives and high potential corporate
and non-profit leaders to reach career breakthrough performance. Mr.
Brooks served as Chairman of The Executive Leadership
Foundation’s Board of Directors (1999-2001) before
becoming President of the organization.
About the Organizations
Founded in 1986, The Executive Leadership Council is
the nation’s premier leadership organization
representing the most senior African-American corporate
executives in Fortune 500 companies. The Executive
Leadership Council is an independent, non-partisan,
501 (c)(6) organization whose mission and leadership
initiatives provide African-American executives with
a network and leadership forum to promote excellence
in business, economic and public policies for the African-American
community, their corporations and the community at
large.
Established in 1989, The Executive
Leadership Foundation is the 501(c) (3) charitable
affiliate of The Executive Leadership Council established
to accept contributions to fund The Council’s mission, initiatives
and programs.
Education and Honors
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters,
Richmond Virginia Seminary, 2005
- Tuck Executive
Program, Amos Tuck Business College,
Dartmouth, 1990
- Master Business Administration
(MBA), Southern Illinois University,
1976
- Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Cum Laude
- Bachelor of Science,
Hampton Institute, 1971, Alpha Kappa Mu Honor
Society, Cum Laude
- Post Graduate Studies,
University of Iowa, 1981
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Professional
Background
Prior to his position with The Executive Leadership
Council and The Executive Leadership Foundation,
Mr. Brooks was Vice President of Human & Technical Resources
at GPU Energy. He was responsible for the business
process that provided the people, services, materials
and technology, which enabled the success of GPU Energy’s
infrastructure business. Within this process,
he was responsible for Human Resources, Labor Relations & Safety,
Materials & Services and Information Technology. Prior
to that, he served as CFO of GENCO, a wholly owned
subsidiary of GPU. While there, he helped reorganize
the company and build an assets portfolio of over $3.5
billion dollars while reducing overhead costs significantly. Additionally
he was Chairman of the GPU Diversity Action Council,
which was responsible for the development and implementation
of GPU’s diversity strategy, winning the EEI
Award for Diversity.
Public Service/Community Affairs
Mr.
Brooks has served on the Board of Directors of the
following organizations:
GPU Generation Company
(GENCO) Board of Directors and The Executive Leadership
Council, The Executive Leadership Foundation; National
Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC); Howard
University Board of Visitors Vice Chair; Hampton University
Board of Advisors Vice Chair; the National Association
of Corporate Directors (NACD); the Chamber of Commerce;
Princeton Center Leadership Group, Virginia High-Tech
Partnership; and National Minority Golf Scholarship
Fund.
He is a member of the DaimlerChrysler
Financial Services Diversity Council, American Society
of Association Executives, the National Black MBA Association
and the National Urban League’s Best Diversity Practices Study Advisory
Council. Mr. Brooks also served as the Honorary
Chair of the 35th Anniversary of the School of Business,
Howard University and was a 2004 recipient of the EEOC’s
Spirit of Partnership Award.
