2017 40 Under 40 Yearbook: Brooke O’Reilly, 43

Then: Managing owner, Big Red Investments LLC
Now: Managing owner, Big Red Investments LLC

Brooke O’Reilly continues to manage some 100 apartment and duplex units in the Springfield area through her and husband Tim O’Reilly’s Big Red Investments LLC. The work has been stable, and with an office at home, it allows her flexibility to serve various civic causes, including continued work with the Junior League of Springfield and taking care of their four children.

This year, she’s helped with the interior and furnishings of Tim O’Reilly and attorney David Ransin’s combined office at 4045 E. Sunshine St. Brooke O’Reilly’s planning to keep her office at home.

“That keeps me as my own boss,” she says.