Bio

Becca Schlagenhauf joined Baird Capital in 2021. She serves on the board of portfolio company cleanwater1. Before joining Baird Capital, 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.