Leo Brooks, Jr.

Leo A. Brooks, Jr. is the Vice President, Army Systems Business Development, for The Boeing Company’s Integrated Defense Systems. In this capacity he represents Boeing viewpoints to policy and analysis organizations while also working within Boeing to provide strategic guidance on current issues and help position the company to compete and win new business opportunities.

Brooks served in the United States Army for 27 distinguished years before recently retiring as a brigadier general. He commanded units in virtually every echelon of the Army including an Airborne Brigade in the famed 82nd Airborne Division, Deputy Commanding General of 1st Armored Division in Germany, and Commandant of Cadets at the United States Military Academy. His last assignment prior to retiring was as the Vice Director of the Army Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, in the Pentagon. In that capacity he was the principal deputy to the Director of the Army Staff, responsible for integrating, coordinating, and synchronizing the efforts of the Army staff to support Army and Combatant Commands in the global war on terrorism.

Brooks holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy; and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. Brooks is a Senior Fellow of the Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Government, National Security Studies Program. Additionally, he has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the New England School of Law.

Brooks is married and has four children.  The Brooks family resides in Clifton, Virginia.