Hillary Brooks

Hillary brings two and a half decades of experience powering social justice movements for sustainability and impact to the CMJ board treasurer’s role. Before joining Mobilize the Immigrant Vote as Associate Director in early 2017, her experience included five years directing finance and operations at Forward Together and a stint as a Co-Managing Director at The David Brower Center during an executive leadership transition. Initially trained in nonprofit administration at San Francisco’s Media Alliance, Hillary then worked for many years as an accounting and Macintosh consultant. A grassroots activist for reproductive and civil rights in her twenties, she also put her politics into song, primarily in the jazz group Maroon and the rock band Caramelize. Hillary received her B.S. at Boston University, studying media representation and American history, and has an M.F.A. in jazz performance from California Institute of the Arts.