Brooke Barton believes in the potential of sustainable leadership in the private sector. As the Senior Program Director for the Water Program at Ceres, Barton directs the organization’s research and corporate investor engagement on the risks and opportunities related to growing water scarcity. Prior to Ceres, Barton was a researcher for the Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative where she wrote case studies and articles on the corporate social responsibility strategies of multinational corporations in developing countries.

Barton is co-author of "The Ceres Aqua Gauge: A Framework for 21st Century Water Risk Management".