B. Jason Brooks Email & Phone Number

Saratoga Springs, New York, United States

• Write research-based stories on racing history, current success, pedigrees, and sales results. Stories have been published in Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Daily News, Paulick Report, Claiborne Farm blog, and Phipps Stable blog. • Manage clients’ social media and email campaigns on multiple platforms, including X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and MailChimp.• Produced research and publications for special projects for Secretariat Park, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, and Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.• Wrote education policy reports on tax benefits for education, scholarship programs in New York State, and the Catholic school closure crisis.

Latham, New York

• Wrote policy reports, opinion articles, press releases, blog stories, and email newsletters on expanding educational opportunity New York.• Researched programs expanding partnerships between public education and nonprofit organizations, community- and school-based academic enrichment programs, and increasing investment in scholarships.• Implemented a statewide communications strategy for the Invest In Education campaign which was promoted across the state by the Governor and passed with bi-partisan support in the Senate.• Coordinated communications strategy with social media influencers and a broad, bipartisan coalition of more than 175 nonprofit organizations and labor unions to increase message prominence.

Albany, Ny

• Worked with a team of local business and community leaders in the development, staffing, and opening of a new public charter middle school serving primarily low-income, minority students in Albany. Opened in 2005, it was the highest-performing middle school in Albany and had 80 percent of its first cohort of alumni matriculate to college. The school has grown into a full-fledged network of seven regional KIPP schools serving more than 2,500 students in grade K-12.• Co-wrote the successful charter application submitted to the state authorizer.• Participated in recruitment, interviewing and selection of the founding principal.• Oversaw the start-up and implementation of a high school placement program, including recruiting and hiring staff, building relationships with independent and boarding schools, and identifying strategies to assist families in the admissions process. An impressive 100 percent of the first graduating class were admitted at their first-choice high schools. • Planned and escorted class trips to colleges.• Served as a trustee for a decade in officer roles that included vice president and secretary, and as a member of the executive, finance, and governance committees.

Clifton Park, New York

• Conducted policy research and wrote publications on a wide array of education issues, including strategies to increase student achievement, school choice, learning standards, curricula, and student assessment, teacher promotion and evaluation, parental empowerment, education financing, and the implementation of federal policy.• Research appeared in numerous print and electronic media, including the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, City Journal, and Education Next, among others.• Developed and executed the organization’s communications strategy, resulting in media appearances in The New York Times, Washington Post, and Education Week, among others.• Provided technical assistance to organizations applying to open new public charter schools, including community outreach, start-up and strategically planning for growth, administrative policies, and curriculum and assessments.• Directed internship program providing college students the opportunity to research and write publications, visit high-performing schools, and interview dynamic school leaders.

Albany, New York Area

• Conducted policy research and wrote publications on a wide array of issues, including state budget and taxation, economic development, economic trends, elementary, secondary, and higher education, tax benefits for education, education funding, and the teaching of American history and civics.• Advocated state government policies as a lobbyist for the Empire Foundation’s sister organization Change New York.• Analyzed pending legislation, wrote press releases, made media appearances, and gave presentations to community groups and at academic conferences.