Brooke Rollins
| Brooke Rollins | |
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| Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
| Website | Brooke Rollins - TPPF Profile |
Brooke Leslie Rollins is the president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, an Austin-based research institute.[1]
Under Texas Governor Rick Perry, Rollins served as deputy general counsel, ethics advisor, and policy director. She then assumed the presidency of the Texas Public Policy Foundation.[2] She is on the board of advisors for Hispanic CREO and is a member of the Texas Lyceum and the Texas Woman's Alliance.
She was raised in Glen Rose, Texas and attended Texas A&M University, where she graduated cum laude with a B.S. in agricultural development in 1994. She was named the top graduate of her class based on a combination criteria of academics, leadership, and service.[2] While at Texas A&M, Rollins was the first female to be elected student body president. She also served as the speaker pro tempore of the Student Senate, the chair of the Texas A&M Judicial Court, as a Fish Camp counselor, and was Cotton Bowl Classic Queen.[2]
After graduating from A&M, Rollins attended the University of Texas School of Law, from which she graduated with honors. She then worked for several years at Hughes & Luce, LLP in Dallas and clerked under U.S. Federal District Court judge Barbara M.G. Lynn.[1]
In 2007, she became the first female speaker at the College Station Aggie Muster, which honors deceased Texas A&M former students.[2] In 2011, Texas Monthly magazine named Rollins one of the 25 most powerful Texans.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 King, Tura (2007), Softly Call the Muster ( – Scholar search), Texas A&M University, retrieved 2007-10-31
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lim, Cherie; Lankes, Chelsea (April 20, 2007), "Aggies to gather for Muster, first woman SBP to speak", The Battalion (College Station, Texas), retrieved 2007-10-31
- ↑ http://www.texasmonthly.com/blogs/burkablog/?p=8945