Trish serves as an Operating Partner and works closely with Brightstar’s portfolio companies.
Trish brings over 25 years of leadership experience across both established and emerging companies. She has held senior executive roles at Consumer Packaged Goods companies, including Procter & Gamble, The Coca-Cola Company, and PepsiCo. In 2016, she transitioned into the tech start-up and venture capital sector, later joining the private equity space in 2019 with Atlantic Street Capital.
Trish currently serves as an independent director at Sargento Foods, where she is a member of the Audit Committee. She also holds a board position at Gorilla Glue, where she chairs the Audit Committee. Her previous board roles include serving as a director for NatureBox, a Silicon Valley-based company.
In addition to her corporate board service, Trish is actively involved with several organizations in Chicago, including WTTW/WFMT and Working Credit. She is also a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute.
Trish holds a bachelor’s degree from Miami University and an MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.