Grant Brooks draws on his passion for public service and extensive experience in public policy, including major leadership roles in North Carolina’s state government, where he realized the power of data and analytics to solve complex challenges. As Deputy Chief of Staff to the Senate President Pro Tempore, he led budget and policy for the North Carolina Senate. His work focused on driving major cross-government initiatives that closed a $2.7 billion deficit, reduced fraud and waste, modernized tax policy, reformed education policy, funded critical infrastructure, and established the state’s Government Data Analytics Center. Grant was also a staffer for two U.S. Senators from North Carolina and holds a B.A. in Political Science with specialization in Peace, War, and Defense from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At SAS, he has pioneered creative public sector solutions across the United States and the globe focused in fraud, security intelligence, law enforcement, healthcare, and education domains.
Few words stir both excitement and fear quite like AI. Similar to a carnival rollercoaster, some people lean into the thrill, while others clutch their safety bar. The promise of AI seems limitless, but so does the risk of going off the rails. This dynamic is playing out across government,
Being a state governor has never been more difficult than right at this moment, because the extreme steps governors are being forced to take in order to protect their citizens’ health are having an equally extreme impact on other critical aspects of our society. In the face of social distancing
