Linsey Schoemehl Payne is a managing partner for Marquette Associates. An owner of the firm, Linsey has been with the company since 2016 and has 13 years of investment experience. She serves as the primary consultant on several client relationships. Linsey is a co-lead of the firm’s sustainable investing group and a member of the OCIO committee.

Prior to joining Marquette, Linsey served as general counsel and chief compliance officer to the Illinois State Board of Investment and was responsible for negotiating and providing legal review for investment advisory and consulting contracts and overseeing the portfolio’s corporate governance and compliance programs.

Linsey holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law, and an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She is a member of the bar of the State of Illinois and is actively involved with Women Investment Professionals, Chicago. She also serves as trustee for the investment board of the Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart and is a board member of Leaders Investing For Tomorrow (LIFT). Linsey was the recipient of the 2012 Rising Star of Public Funds by Money Management Intelligence.