1. Advisory Board
Chuck Brooks, Thought Leader, Homeland and Cyber Security, Emerging Tech
Charles (Chuck) Brooks serves as the Vice President for Government Relations &
Marketing for Sutherland Global Services. Chuck leads Federal and State & Local
Government relations activities. He is also responsible for the Marketing portfolio
(Media, PR, Digital Outreach, Thought Leadership, Strategic Partnering, Branding) for
the Federal and State & Local markets. Chuck is also an Advisor to the Bill and Melinda
Gates Technology Partner network and serves on Boards to several prominent public
and private companies and organizations. Chuck has extensive service in Senior
Executive Management, Marketing, Government Relations, and Business Development
and worked in those capacities for three large public corporations. In government, he
served at the Department of Homeland Security as the first Director of Legislative

2. Affairs for the Science & Technology Directorate. He also spent six years on Capitol Hill
as a Senior Advisor to the late Senator Arlen Specter where he covered foreign affairs,
business, and technology issues. In academia, Chuck was an Adjunct Faculty Member
at Johns Hopkins University where he taught graduate level students about homeland
security and Congress. He has an MA in International relations from the University of
Chicago, and a BA in Political Science from DePauw University, and a Certificate in
International Law from The Hague. Chuck is widely published on the subjects of
innovation, public/private partnerships, emerging technologies, and issues of homeland
security and cybersecurity
The Center for AdvancingInnovation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose mission is
to:
 Research Assets: Expand Research Institutes impact by accelerating and
increasing the volume of technology transfer and commercialization to make
more valuable research assets available to the world and advancing the
realization of breakthrough innovations
 Economic Impact: Improve the economic impact of valuable research assets by
creating new companies, filling company’s R&D pipelines and generating
knowledge-based jobs in the region in which we work, Maryland
 Virtuous Circle of Innovation: Advance and institutionalize relevant innovation
and entrepreneurship capabilities in Research Institutes
 Resilient and Sustainable Innovation: Strengthen the capacity of Research
Institutes by creating a viable self-funding model to offset decreasing
budgets. Assist commercially relevant University-based startups with gaining
access to capital
 Innovation Capability and Awareness: Enhance innovation and
entrepreneurship leading practice capability awareness globally