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| Name | Willie Brooks |
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Memphis, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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Unknown
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| Contributor | RP |
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| Info | He is a Human Resources Program
Management Advisor and administers corporate compensation programs for U.S. Operations
at FedEx. In 2002,
Commissioner Brooks
received FedEx Five Star Award, which is the most
prestigious award FedEx Express
bestows amongst its employees
Commissioner Brooks
was elected in 2006 to the Memphis Charter Commission and in 2003,
to the Memphis City School Board of Commissioners. In July 2004, he received the honor of
Broad Fellow from the Broad Institute for School
Boards.
Commissioner Brooks is extremely active in his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. and has
served in various leadership roles. In 1997 and 2004, he received the Kappa Man of the Year
award. In 2007,
he
was appointed the 21
st
Province Polemarch (Re
gional President) of the
South Central Province.
Commissioner Brooks
served on the St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital Multicultural African
-
American Advisory Committee and served as the National
Chairman St. Jude Partnership Initiatives.
He is a 1986
graduate of Leadership Memphis, Board Chairman Star Academy Charter
School, Board Chairman Memphis Cares Mentoring Movement, Board Member. The
Memphis Tri
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State Defender
named
him
one of “50 Men of Excellence” and the Silver Star
News
magazine recognized h
im as a positive role model contributing to the general welfare of
the Greater Memphis area.
Commissioner Brooks has served as a one on one mentor in the Memphis City Schools
CONNECT Mentoring Program. He has also been the impetus to involve others at FED
EX in
mentoring. Commissioner Brooks has lead the group to “adopt” four other mentoring
organizations through
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out Memphis by recruiting volunteers from within FedEx to become
mentors for these organizations. Since 2009 more than 200 FEDEX employees have
signed
up as mentors for these organizations.
Commissioner Brooks
is a Deacon and past Chairman
of the Men’s Ministry at Temple of Deliverance of Church of God In Christ (COGIC).
He
is
married to wife Dianne and has two children, Kemmashela and Willie II
I.
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