Linsey Schoemehl Payne is a managing partner and the chief compliance officer for Marquette Associates and serves on the firm’s board of directors. An owner of the firm, Linsey has been with the company since 2016 and has 16 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 nonprofit services group and is a member of the OCIO committee and traditional investment manager search 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.