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Brooks Gilley, Partner / Managing Director
Brooks brings over a decade of experience working in creative firms as an account director and event manager. For the past three years, Brooks served as the executive director for the Portland Advertising Federation, helping revitalize and reinvigorate the 97-year-old trade organization and, in turn becoming a central player in Portland's burgeoning creative services industry. He continues to be a board member with the organization. Prior to his work with PAF, Brooks was the Portland director for a creative recruiting agency based in Seattle. Brooks has worked in the trenches of the marketing communications industry as an agency account manager at a corporate events agency, and as a client-side marketer with BMG Records and Blockbuster Entertainment. When Brooks isn't working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son and is an avid ocean surfer.