Ms. Brooke joined Paine Schwartz Partners in 2022. Prior to joining the firm, she was a full-time 2Y MBA student at the Kellogg School of Management. During business school, she worked in both Private Equity and Venture Capital with a focus on the food & beverage innovation space. Prior to Kellogg, Ms. Brooke held the title of Manager of Strategy and Business Intelligence at PPG, a Tilia Holdings Portfolio Company specializing in flexible and efficient outsourced Contract Manufacturing and Packaging for the food supply chain. Previously she spent several years as a Private Equity Associate on the investment team at Tilia Holdings and as an Investment Banking Analyst with William Blair’s technology M&A group.

Ms. Brooke has an MBA degree from Kellogg and a BA in Middle/Near East History and Business from Northwestern University. While in undergrad, Ms. Brooke was also a student-athlete on the Women’s Lacrosse team. She was raised in South Hamilton, MA.