About Brooke
I am a…
Business mentor, Concerned citizen, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Finance professional, Idea generator, Parent, Social entrepreneur, Writer/Editor
Bio
Left Wall Street in 2013 after more than 30 years in order to pursue writing and social entrepreneurship. Statistical Arbitrage trader (since 1988), Founder: Brooke Allen Information Systems, APL PI, Inc., Education Technology Center, MANE Fund Management. BA Mathematics (Rutgers), MBA Finance (NYU). Husband, father, son. Burner. On the board of the Center for Neuroeconomic Studies at Claremont Graduate University. Started: No Shortage Of Work to encourage self-directed work for unemployed people, and Questions for Colleges to ask the people you pay to attend college to meet (Faculty and Staff) to write essays of the form they ask applicants; essays that reveal values or illustrate critical thinking.
I'm passionate about
Work. Education. Writing. Character development. Fun. Gameful Living.
An idea worth spreading
Even when you're not doing something for pay, do something anyway. Live your life by design, not by default. Grow up before you grow old. Be a playful wise child, no matter what your age.
Areas of expertise
Entrepreneurship, Social Enterpreneurship, Statistical Arbitrage, Writer
The TED story
My friend, Paul Zak, spoke at TED Global last year and told me I have to go; his word is good enough for me.
Things you might not know
Morse Code. Designing Scavenger Hunts. Contesting and DXing (operated from >30 countries) - in fact, most people don't' even know what Contesting and DXing are.