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Jennifer Brooks, Director of State & Local Policy

Areas of Expertise: Assets & Opportunity Scorecard, Local Policy, State Policy

Jennifer Brooks is CFED’s State & Local Policy Director. In this capacity, Ms. Brooks leads the Assets & Opportunity Network, through which she provides policy expertise, technical assistance, resources and strategic advice to advocates, service providers and other stakeholders working to expand the reach and deepen the impact of asset-based strategies

Prior to joining CFED, Ms. Brooks served as a policy advisor to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) on education and training, welfare, labor, and women’s and children’s issues. Ms. Brooks also worked for many years at Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that works nationally and locally to build economic independence for women and girls. In that role, she guided WOW’s federal policy involvement and led a multi-state project to implement positive social state policies and demonstrate the need for change at the federal level.

Ms. Brooks has testified before Congress and spoken widely on strategies to help families reach economic security. She holds a Master’s degree from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

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