Rodney Brooks brings more than four decades of writing, editing and journalism experience to the agency in his role as Editorial Director at SRB. Since 2015, he has led the writing team, developing messaging and content for traditional media, social and digital platforms, corporate annual reports, focus group findings, brochures, fact sheets, FAQs, and more.

Brooks also writes about retirement, economic and health disparities issues for national newspapers and publications. His retirement columns appear in U.S. News & World Report and AARP’s Senior Planet.com. He has written extensively about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Black community for National Geographic and financial literacy for ESPN’s The Undefeated. Brooks has also written columns for The Washington Post and USA TODAY.

Brooks is author of the book, Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Building Generational Wealth for Black People. He is co-author of Retirement Planning Essentials: A Guide to Living Well Without Running out of Money. He is also author of Is One Million Dollars Enough: A Guide to Planning for and Living Through a Successful Retirement. He is a successful ghost writer, writing nearly a dozen books, mostly for financial planners.

Recently, Brooks testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging and the challenges facing Americans when they retire, especially in underserved communities. He also received a National Press Foundation fellowship on pensions and retirement.

Previously, Brooks was Deputy Managing Editor and retirement columnist for USA TODAY where he coordinated all personal finance on all platforms. He retired in 2015 after 30 years with the nation’s national newspaper. He was also assistant business editor and reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He worked as a reporter and editor for the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times and the Ithaca (N.Y.) Journal.

Among his many honors, Brooks was inducted in the prestigious NABJ Hall of Fame in 2021 by the National Association of Black Journalists. He was a finalist for a 2018 NABJ Salute to Excellence Award and is a recipient of the 2007 NABJ President's Award. He also served two terms as NABJ treasurer.

Brooks currently serves on the Foolproof Foundation’s Walter Cronkite Committee, an organization dedicated to teaching financial literacy in public schools. Over the years, he continues to be a mentor to a countless number of writers who work for national and local newspapers across the country.

A native of Linden, N.J., he received a Bachelor of Science in Communication Arts from Cornell University and an executive certificate in financial planning from Georgetown University.