Brooke’s policy expertise is necessarily broad, but her experiences are particularly deep in regard to energy issues. As a senior Beshear Administration official at the Energy & Environment Cabinet, Brooke was very involved in a wide range of issues including regulation of coal and natural gas generation and production, climate change remediation, energy efficiency promotion, and clean air and water enforcement.
Brooke has strong bi-partisan relationships with most of Frankfort’s key policymakers. A top ranking Republican state senator has written that he has found Brooke “to be highly intelligent, very attentive to detail, and well-respected throughout government agencies. And a Democrat state representative writes that “Brooke has earned an outstanding reputation as a reliable, knowledgeable, and trustworthy agent.”