Arthur C. Brooks

Arthur Charles Brooks is an American author and academic. From 2019, Brooks has served as the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit and Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and at the Harvard Business School as a Professor of Management Practice and Faculty Fellow. As of July 1, 2026, he was also named as an endowed professor at Vanderbilt University. Previously, Brooks served as the 11th president of the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of thirteen books, including Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier with co-author Oprah Winfrey (2023), From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life (2022), Love Your Enemies (2019), The Conservative Heart (2015), and The Road to Freedom (2012). He is a columnist for The Free Press, a CBS News contributor, and host of the podcast Office Hours with Arthur Brooks.