successful efforts to reform the Alabama Supreme Court. In 2010, Brooke served as the chairman of ProgressPAC which played a significant role in the electing the first Republican majority in the Alabama State Legislature in over 100 years. In 2011, Brooke was the chairman of the Business Council of Alabama when numerous pieces of conservative legislation and reforms were passed by the Alabama legislature, including ethics reform, tenure reform, public pension reform, tort reform and state budget reform. During his chairmanship the Council's CEO was Bill Canary. Brooke is reported to have gifted an investment plan worth tens of thousands of dollars to Mike Hubbard's printing business, after Hubbard became Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives. Brooke wired Hubbard $150,000 in October 2012. Hubbard assured Brooke that he would make sure the state would direct federal welfare funds to a charity run by Brooke's wife. Brooke had to testify at Hubbard's trial. Hubbard was convicted on 12 counts of felony ethics violations, including charges related to Brooke's gifts. Organizations Brooke is on the board of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, the Alabama Southeast BIO, and Birmingham's Innovation Depot. He was formerly the chairman of the Alabama Innovation Council. Along with being a Rotarian, he is a member of Leadership Alabama, the Society of International Business Fellows and the Federalist Society. Brooke has served on the boards of a number of corporations, including Atherotech, Aldagen Holdings, Emageon, Innovative BioSensor, MaxCyte, Nationwide Homes, Surgical, NovaMin Technologies, Optimal IMX, and Visador. Personal life Will Brooke is married to Maggie Brooke; the couple have 3 adult children. As a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Homewood, Brooke has taken has served as a deacon, elder, trustee, and also as a children's and adult Sunday school teacher. He also serves on the board of directors for Church Resource Ministries, a global missions organization located in Anaheim, CA. References 1957 births Living people Businesspeople from Birmingham, Alabama University of Alabama alumni University of Alabama School of Law alumni Alabama Republicans Businesspeople from Alabama Alabama lawyers