Brooke Berman, MBA
VP, Housing
MBA, Wharton School of Business
Brooke Berman heads up Learning Collider’s Housing portfolio, growing the lab’s partnerships with tech innovators and collaborating with industry experts and affiliates to advance our robust research agenda. Part strategist, part diplomat, and part problem-solver, she engages and positions the many stakeholders necessary in our work to uncover pathways to housing affordability, access, and opportunity.
Brooke’s background is in building and scaling tech products that are both mission- and research-driven. Through this work, she fine-tuned her skills in product management and partnership management. Her experience includes co-founding the US Housing Finance Initiative at Innovations for Poverty Action; building an app-based digital payments service through JPMorgan Chase’s Leadership Development Program; building an “universal underwriting platform” at Chase and a credit card for Americans who would otherwise be overlooked or overcharged (the Ollo Card); and helping to launch and scale a best-in-class debit card for low-income Americans at fintech startup Propel.
Brooke’s superpower is in her ability to understand the multi-faceted needs of stakeholders and identify pathways to shared success across a range of objectives. Complicated problems are her biggest source of energy. Never a fan of shortcuts, she keeps the big picture in mind, takes a long-term approach, and patiently but persistently plows through even the thorniest challenges.
As an entrepreneur at heart, Brooke is also starting a community playspace for young families in her hometown of Darien, Connecticut, and advising and investing in fintech startups. She is a full-time mom to two young kids, and in her minimal spare time, she finds relaxation and satisfaction working in her garden.
