Jack Edward Brooks is a portfolio manager for Sageborne, LLC based in New York City. He was previously the founding owner and vice president of Oak River Financial Group and the senior vice president of First Bank & Trust, both in Texas. He began his career in banking with Citibank in Taipei, Taiwan, and Citigroup International Securities in London. He graduated from Langley High School in McLean, Virginia, where his father, Congressman Jack Brooks, served for 42 years in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 2nd and 9th congressional districts in Texas. He was an East Asian studies major at Wesleyan University, and he has a master’s degree in religious studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School. He then completed Citicorp’s Associates Training Program and School of Bank Marketing and Management. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.