Below is the biography for Tracey Brooks from her official campaign
website, taken from Yahoo Site Explorer's cache in early January, 2009.
Please note this is not for the professional wrestler Traci Brooks:
A Lifetime of Working for Change.
Democratic Attorney Tracey Brooks is running for Congress because she
knows our next Representative must be an agent of change.
Tracey Brooks has been a dedicated agent for change in our community
from the moment that she joined the Community Service Corps in Syracuse
right out of college, where she spent a year giving back by working
with pregnant and parenting teens and then continued that work in
Schenectady.
That's why Tracey studied law and has devoted her professional career
to public service – so she could more effectively advocate for those in
need of a helping hand, for those who want a louder voice, for those
who call for change, whether they live in Amsterdam or Albany,
Cobleskill or Colonie, Schoharie or Schenectady.
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As a Catholic Charities program director and then as a peri-natal out
reach worker for the Schenectady Family Health Center, Tracey saw
firsthand the powerful impact of good policy and good people who serve
the public.
Later, Tracey Brooks went to work with the Legislature. There she
helped negotiate legislation to protect our families’ homes and
increase access to education.
Most recently, Tracey Brooks served as Regional Director for Senator
Hillary Rodham Clinton, where she worked hard to help maximize and
leverage investments in our local communities to improve economic
development, health care, education and our neglected local
infrastructure.
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As our new Congresswoman, Tracey will work with a new Democratic
President to change the Bush Administration policies that have been so
devastating to our families, our communities and our country.
The Right Experience to Get Results.
Tracey Brooks represented Senator Clinton in her work with government,
political and community leaders in 15 counties in New York State,
including Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Fulton, Montgomery,
Schoharie and Saratoga. She served as the Senator’s liaison to New York
State government and statewide associations, and worked with them to
help secure federal resources for upstate counties in the areas of
economic development, health care, education and infrastructure.
Prior to her work with Senator Clinton, Tracey Brooks served as Counsel
to the Assembly Judiciary and Codes Committees. She earned a name there
as a respected negotiator, working on bills to require licensing for
home inspectors in New York State and provide education for student
achievers.
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In 2002, Tracey Brooks was the Democratic nominee for the New York
State Assembly, 108th District. She challenged a ten year Republican
incumbent who had never faced a strong opponent and came within three
points of an upset victory.
Tracey Brooks has practiced law in both the public and private sectors,
working on a wide range of legal and policy-related issues.
Prior to entering Albany Law School, she served as a human service
worker with Schenectady Family Health Services, and as a paralegal in
Albany and Washington, D.C.
Tracey Brooks attended Albany Law School on an Edgar and Margaret
Sandman Fellowship in Aging Law and Policy, published research on
alternative dispute resolution, and received the school’s inaugural
Kate Stoneman award for gender equity and policy. She received her J.D.
in 2000, and earned her bachelor’s degree in Sociology from LeMoyne
College in Syracuse in 1992.
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She was born in Albany and raised in Clifton Park, where she attended
public schools and played on a State championship basketball team. She
now resides in Coeymans, New York, where many members of her family are
also involved in public and community service.
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ABOUT TRACEY BROOKS
Born: Albany, NY
Home: Coeymans, NY
Education:
LeMoyne College, B.A. 1992;
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D. 2000
Career:
Government: Regional Director to U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton,
2005-2008; Counsel to NYS Assembly Judicial and Codes Committee,
2003-2005
Professional: Law Clerk and Associate, Brown & Weinraub 2002-2003;
Associate and Law Clerk, Hinman Straub, 1998-2002; Paralegal, Wiley,
Rein & Fielding, 1996-1997; Paralegal, Roemer &
Featherstonhaugh, 1994-1996; Perinatal Outreach Worker, Schenectady
Family Health Services, 1993-94; Community Service Corp, 1992-1993.
Civic Involvement: Hudson Valley Girl Scout Council Board of
Directors,
Cystic Fibrosis Board of Directors, Albany CYO Basketball Coach, Gold
Award Girl Scout