Hi, I’m April Dawn Brooks

I’m an execution-first operator known for turning leadership vision into clear, executable plans that produce results—especially in environments defined by complexity, scale, and change.

My career has been built working directly alongside CEOs, COOs, and executive leadership teams, translating strategy into action and building the operating infrastructure that allows leaders to stay focused on vision, growth, and decision-making—while execution is anchored to the institutional plan and mission, with teams aligned around clear objectives at every stage.

I’ve led operational execution through my own teams of up to 12 direct reports, while simultaneously orchestrating cross-functional work across internal departments and external partners. In environments where accountability is distributed but outcomes are non-negotiable, I align executives, functional leaders, field leadership teams, and third-party vendors under a unified execution model—clarifying ownership, decision rights, and operating cadence and communication so initiatives move forward without friction, misalignment, or leadership escalation.

I don’t sit in theory. I sit at the intersection of strategy, leadership, execution, and communication, where ideas are pressure-tested, plans are operationalized, and outcomes are owned. My role is to act as a force multiplier for executive teams—absorbing complexity, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring that what leaders decide is clearly communicated, properly executed, and consistently reinforced across the organization.

  • Owned enterprise-wide communication and execution alignment across 1,800+ locations and 5,000+ employees

  • Acted as liaison between corporate leadership, field leadership, frontline teams, and vendor partners.

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  • 20+ years in operations, execution, and organizational leadership

    Direct support to CEO and COO leadership teams

    Oversight across 1,300+ locations and 5,000+ employees

  • Led teams of up to 12 direct reports

  • Responsible for enterprise operations and company-wide communication

  • Experience aligning corporate teams, field leadership, frontline employees, and external partners