Joanne Brooks

Managing Director
Specializes in complex change and transformation program management and consulting methods
Focus on human centered change
Expertise in the employee lifecycle, engagement and development
San Francisco
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Joanne Brooks is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Performance Improvement in San Francisco. She specializes in managing the human side of change and helping clients make sure their business capabilities and talent effectively enable their critical processes, business strategies and growth goals.

With more than 25 years of experience, Ms. Brooks is recognized for being a client-focused, human-centered, purpose-driven leader. She has a history of delivering to organizations and teams seeking to transform, capture value and continuously improve. Ms. Brooks takes a practical, value driven approach in her work and specializes in the talent and culture aspects of transformation, business process excellence, operating models and organization design, acquisition integration, value targeting, change/adoption management and agile coaching.

Ms. Brooks’ notable client engagements include successful post-acquisition clinical development integrations; adoption and business readiness programs for high impact data strategies; new technologies and process innovations; and the design and deployment of new operating/organizational models and ways of working. She has worked across multiple industries, but has acquired a unique depth of experience in both retail (10+ years) and life sciences (10+ years). Ms. Brooks enjoys partnering with clients who need to drive change in complex, cross-functional scenarios.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Brooks served as Principal Director for Talent & Organization/Human Performance at Accenture. Previously, she served as Transformation Director and as a member of the Executive Leadership Team at Future State, Inc. (now part of Accenture).

Ms. Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree in education from West Chester University and a master’s degree in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University. She is a Certified Scrum Master, an Advanced Certified Personal & Executive Coach and is certified in Prosci Change Management.

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