BOOK MANVILLE | Brook’s career experience spans multiple organizations and sectors. Trained as an academic historian (PhD Yale), he first became assistant professor at Northwestern University, winning a Dean’s award for undergraduate teaching, and publishing his first book on ancient Athenian citizenship.
He later moved into business, working in media (CBS Inc), technology (start-ups in New York and Silicon Valley), and business consulting, serving as a partner in McKinsey & Company for several years. Later in his career he was an executive vice-president at the United Way of America.
For the last several years Brook has run his own consulting business, working with senior leaders in major non-profit organizations on strategy, organization and leadership development.
He’s the author or co-author of several books, including his 2023 volume, The Civic Bargain, which the New Yorker magazine named as one of the best of the year. He currently writes a Substack newsletter about democracy, under the same name:
Brook is married to Margarita Egan, with three children. They reside in Bethesda MD.
