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Wade T. Brooks Appointed Director of Development at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University

Willamette alumnus Wade T. Brooks will serve as the Director of Development and Alumni Relations for the Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Brooks, a native of Portland, will oversee fundraising and major gift initiatives for the graduate school, as well as lead alumni relations efforts.

Brooks has an entrepreneurial background with over 15 years of hands-on business ownership, strategic planning and sales and marketing experience. He served as Vice President, President and CEO of numerous technology companies including SoftSource Consulting, ServerLogic, StorePartners, Network Equipment Marketplace and Janus Interactive Software. He has also taught courses in corporate finance and is a registered investment advisor.

“As a successful business owner and financial consultant, Wade brings important skills to his role as our development and alumni relations officer,” said Debra Ringold, Dean and JELD-WEN Professor of Free Enterprise. “We’re delighted to welcome Wade Brooks to our team – both as an alumnus and a colleague.”

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• The Campaign for Willamette
• Development and Alumni Relations

Wade T. Brooks Bio:

Wade Brooks started his first technology company at the age of 19. Since then he's had an extensive entrepreneurial background with over 15 years of hands-on business ownership, strategic planning, and sales and marketing experience.

Mr. Brooks' positions include, Vice President of Strategic Planning & Software Forensics at SoftSource Consulting, Inc., Vice President of Sales and Marketing & General Manager at ServerLogic Corporation, CEO, President, Chairman of the Board at StorePartners, Inc., Restructuring CEO at Network Equipment Marketplace, Senior Vice President at Janus Interactive Software Inc., and President at Brooks + Associates, Inc. He has also served as a Registered Investment Advisor Representative and been directly responsible for the strategic and financial restructuring, valuation and sale of numerous companies.

Mr. Brooks retired at the age of 37 and traveled throughout the third world from Mt. Everest in Nepal to the Bay Islands of Honduras. He is a Certified Rescue Scuba Diver, Eagle Scout and has extensive training in Kung Fu (something he has since given up).

He has a B.S. in Philosophy from Willamette University, completed the Advanced Financial Management Executive Education Program at Harvard Business School and attended the Masters Program in Advanced Buddhist Studies at Maitripa College.