Garrett Brinker

Garrett Brinker is a public-private partnerships, growth, product, and operations professional with a career focused on the convergence of technology, policy, and finance.

He has a strong track record of managing business and product initiatives from concept to implementation at national and hyperlocal levels, with expertise in process improvement, OKR, and KPI implementation.

Brinker is highly skilled in strategic planning, government relations, policy analysis, business development, go-to-market strategy, and infrastructure finance, with a keen interest in urbanism, mobility, financial technology, clean energy, and politics.

His educational background includes a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, Bachelor's Degrees in Political Science and Biology from the University of Chicago, and studies in Western Civilization and French at The University of Chicago Paris Center.

Throughout his career, Brinker has held roles such as Board Member at San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, Partnerships Director and Principal at Via, Chief Of Staff and Product Manager at Neighborly, Policy Innovation Lead at City Innovate Foundation, Deputy Director of Hall Management at the 2016 Democratic National Convention Committee, Federal Policy Researcher at The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and various roles at the University of Chicago and Obama for America.

Brinker's experience spans public-private partnerships, product management, policy analysis, business development, and strategic planning across a range of organizations from non-profits to political campaigns and government entities.

His passion for utilizing technology to enhance our lives, particularly in areas with societal impacts, showcases his dynamic expertise in navigating complex and ambiguous organizational structures effectively.