Gary Brooks

Family Business Advisor

Gary Brooks is nationally recognized as a turnaround and crisis management professional. He has over 35 years of diversified executive management and consulting experience. He has counseled and provided interim management services to more than 400 companies. Clients are referred principally by those who may be at financial risk (e.g. lenders, investors, directors, etc.) if an enterprise fails to meet performance expectations and by members of the professional community.

Gary also serves as a facilitator to help family members benefit from alternative means of dispute resolution. Gary’s involvement in cases often offers a new (sometimes only) means by which the barriers among all concerned parties, particularly lenders, creditors, employees, customers, and family members can be lowered and efforts toward resolving the issues can begin.

Currently, Gary is a member of the Board of Directors of Diomed Holdings, Inc., a medical products company specializing in minimally invasive therapies, Chairman of the Board of VRSim, Inc., developers of virtual reality technology and serves as the Managing Director of the Central Fund of the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance.

Gary was a founding member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), and served as first President of the Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals. He also served as Director and as national Chair of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC). He was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received an MS degree from the University of Rochester. . Credentials include election as a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and as a Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP).

Mr. Brooks writes frequently for publication in Journals serving the profession and lectures often, having spoken to the Family Firm Institute, Turnaround Management Association and at numerous private wealth conferences. He has also served as Visiting Professor at Schools of Business Administration of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Long Island University, Pace University and the University of Rochester..