Rachel Hurley is the Head of Sustainability at Paine Schwartz Partners where she is responsible for oversight of sustainability at Paine Schwartz and its portfolio companies including diligence, value creation, and reporting.

Prior to joining Paine Schwartz, Ms. Hurley served on the ESG team at Blackstone, where she was responsible for supporting the firm’s corporate ESG strategy, as well as LP engagement on a variety of ESG topics. Prior to this role, she served on the ESG team at Apollo Global Management, where she was responsible for Apollo’s ESG Reporting Program and supported the development of the firm’s ESG strategy, while also engaging with portfolio companies on ESG-related topics. Ms. Hurley began her ESG and sustainability career at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison on behalf of Apollo and previously worked in asset management at Partners Group, where she focused on fund marketing.

Ms. Hurley is a graduate of New York University (B.A. in Social Entrepreneurship and Communications, magna cum laude). She was raised in Danville, Illinois.