D. Brooke Harlow – Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Development, Marketing & Communications

D. Brooke Harlow is MFA’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Development, Marketing and Communications. Brooke is responsible for the strategy and implementation of the Association’s business development and marketing initiatives as well as the Association’s communications and media outreach to policy makers, members and the global alternative investment community. Brooke works directly with MFA’s President & CEO on the Association’s business development and communications priorities and initiatives.

Brooke joined MFA from Highbridge Capital Management where she served as Managing Director of Communications and Public Affairs. In that capacity, Brooke was responsible for the corporate communications, marketing, branding, events and public affairs operations at the firm and served as its spokesperson. Prior to joining Highbridge, Brooke was a Vice President of Investment Bank Marketing and Communications at J.P.Morgan where she managed media relations for the global credit, emerging markets and private equity businesses at the bank, served as head of marketing and communications for Latin America and as a member of the Latin American Investment Bank management committee; managed crisis communications for the investment bank; and worked closely with members of the bank’s Operating Committee. Before joining the bank, Brooke managed media relations and marketing for StarMedia Network, a portfolio company of JPMorgan Chase’s private equity unit. Brooke also was a senior associate at Burson-Marsteller in Washington, D.C., and also worked at CNN serving as a field producer in the Washington, D.C. and Mexico City bureaus. Brooke graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in American Studies and was selected as a Rotary Scholar and studied at El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico as part of their Masters in International Relations program. Ms. Harlow is also a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

You can reach Brooke at Brooke@managedfunds.org

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