Becca Schlagenhauf, Principal

Becca Schlagenhauf is a Principal on the Global Private Equity team focused on investing in Pharma Services and Sustainability companies. She serves on the board of cleanwater1 and was involved in the investment in Newmarket and in Blue Matter’s acquisition of Sam Brown. Before joining Baird Capital in 2021, Schlagenhauf was a director at Northwestern Mutual Capital where she was responsible for managing all aspects of the investment process, including deal origination, business, market and legal due diligence, investment thesis construction, valuation, and security pricing and structuring. She also held portfolio monitoring and credit restructuring responsibilities, co-led the group's recruiting efforts, and developed and implemented the organization's first-ever ESG policy. Prior to joining Northwestern Mutual Capital, Schlagenhauf worked at Baird as an equity research analyst, specializing in medical technology. She received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. in economics from the University of Notre Dame. Schlagenhauf is also a CFA charterholder.