•Michael J. Fox Foundation

•Forté Foundation

Deborah Brooks T'86 named among America's top businesswomen by PINK magazine and Forté Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February 16, 2007

CONTACT: Kim Keating - 603-646-2733

Hanover, N.H.—PINK magazine, a publication focused exclusively on women's professional growth, and Forté Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the number of women business leaders, have named Deborah W. Brooks, a 1986 Tuck School of Business graduate, to their second annual list of top businesswomen. "Game Changers: America's Top Women in Business" appears as the cover story of the February/March issue of the magazine, and recognizes 15 women whose leadership and innovation have changed the way women work, think, and live.

Brooks was chosen for her work with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, where she serves as president and CEO. "In just six years this former Goldman Sachs VP merged her business background with her 'ache' to do public service, launching The Michael J. Fox Foundation and subsequently awarding $90 million in Parkinson's research grants," notes the publication.

Brooks began her career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where she spent nine years as vice president in the Fixed Income and Asset Management Divisions. Seeking to apply her strategic background and business acumen to the nonprofit sector, Brooks shifted focus and led several not-for-profit organizations through startup and turnaround efforts before joining The Michael J. Fox Foundation as founding executive director. Under her leadership, the Foundation has worked urgently to drive improved treatments and a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda. Today it is the single largest funder of Parkinson's disease research outside the U.S. government.

"Debi has had an inspiring career," says Andrew Steele T'79, executive director of development and alumni services at Tuck. "It has been fascinating for us to watch this talented alumna move from prominence in the banking and financial world to leadership in the nonprofit sector. The thread that runs through her career is that she has done work she is passionate about, and she has done it incredibly well."

Brooks sits on the board of directors of the Parkinson's Action Network and on the external advisory board for Emory University's Collaborative Center for Parkinson's Disease Environmental Research. She also serves on the board of overseers of the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a past member of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council of the National Institutes of Health.

PINK and the Forté Foundation will host a Webinar conversation with Brooks on Wednesday, March 14, at 1:00 p.m. ET to discuss her recognition and work with The Michael J. Fox Foundation. To register for the event, please visit www.fortefoundation.org.

An online exclusive highlighting the Top 15 Women in Business is available on PINK's website.

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