Brian Hooks is an American non-profit leader who currently is CEO and Chairman of Stand Together. He also is President of the Charles Koch Foundation, President of the Charles Koch Institute, and was previously Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.[1][2]
Early life and education
editHe attended the University of Michigan from 1996 to 2000, graduating with a B.A. in Political Science.
Career
editHooks was Director of the Global Prosperity Initiative and Social Change Project from September 2000 to June 2005. He also helped develop and manage the Enterprise Africa project, which studied the role of entrepreneurship in economic development.[3]
He then became Director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University from July 2005 to June 2014. He became President of the Charles Koch Foundation in Arlington, Virginia, in July 2014; a month later he also became associated with the Charles Koch Institute. In July 2018, Hooks was named Chairman and CEO of Stand Together, and was co-chair of the Koch Network from 2016-2018. During the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, Hooks announced that Stand Together would create an online effort to provide cash assistance through donations to families hit the hardest and the promotion of cooperation in communities.[4]
Personal life
editHooks lives in Virginia, with his wife and daughter.
References
edit- ^ Joanie Greve; Mariana Alfaro; The Daily 202: The Koch network is reorganizing under a new name and with new priorities; Washington Post; [1] Archived 2019-05-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Why we no longer count on politics to solve America's problems; Washington Post; [2] Archived 2020-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Berg, Rebecca; Top Koch network official: 'The divisiveness of this White House is causing long-term damage'; CNN; [3] Archived 2020-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ An American approach to the coronavirus crisis: Find innovative ways to contribute; USA Today; [4] Archived 2024-09-20 at the Wayback Machine