Biography


BROOKS, Robert J., a Representative from Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties; B.A., math, Franklin and Marshall College; M.B.A., corporate finance and operations research, Wharton Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania; honorary doctorate, California University of Pennsylvania (now Pennsylvania Western University, California); chief financial officer (1990-2004), executive vice president (1999-2004), Wabtec; elected, council, Murrysville; elected, mayor, Murrysville (2010-2018); director, Brooks Sports Group; chief finance officer, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation; owner, Pittsburgh Indoor Sports Arena; executive committee member, board of trustees, Franklin and Marshall College (2006-present); director, Redstone Highlands Senior Care Center; board member, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation; board member, First National Bank-Pittsburgh; member, Southwestern Pennsylvania Planning Commission; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2018 and 2020; not a candidate for releection to the House (2020).


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