David Giles

David Giles joined the library in 2015 as chief strategy officer, overseeing Brooklyn Public Library’s strategic initiatives and partnerships, including the development of a new vision and action plan for the Library. Giles helped to design and launch the BKLYN Incubator, an innovation fund and support system for library-community partnerships. Named a 2016 “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal, Giles has written and spoken widely on the changing role of libraries in the 21st century information economy. While at the Center for an Urban Future, a Manhattan-based public policy think tank, he was the lead author of Re-Envisioning New York's Branch Libraries, a detailed report on the capital needs of New York's over 200 branch libraries, and Branches of Opportunity, a report about the role public libraries are playing in education and community development.

David has an MA from the University of Chicago and a BA from Boston College.