Operator.
Builder.
Investor.

Landscaping, door-to-door sales, sealing asphalt, night-shift security — and a short stint as a bounty hunter. Whatever paid, I took it, and I learned how to sell and how to show up.

Right out of high school I bought a car wash and detail shop. I fought for it and still had to close it — the most expensive education I've ever paid for. Then I built Fortitude Property Services, managing foreclosed homes for lenders across ten counties in southwestern Pennsylvania with a network of more than fifteen subcontractors.

It started riding shotgun in my dad's business, where I learned consumer goods from the warehouse floor up: routes, retailers, and what it takes to win a shelf and keep it. Then I took a brand job, fell in love with the business and worked my way up to running a portfolio of brands. Somewhere along the way it stopped being a job and became my passion, and I’m still at it: building great brands with great people.

I built Cleveland Party Rentals into one of the region's go-to event rental companies and successfully sold it.

Alongside family and a group of close partners, I've built Reagan Brooks to own, operate and invest in businesses we believe in — from food trailers and golf simulators to commercial auctions and real estate. I'm also a licensed Ohio auctioneer.

At 14, I joined Fawn Fire Company No. 2 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, as a junior firefighter. I grew up in that firehouse, served as company president, worked through the line officer ranks, and at 27 was elected Chief. Today I serve as a Search and Rescue Technician with the Ohio Special Response Team, sit on nonprofit boards, coach founders, judge pitch competitions, and call charity auctions for free.