Alison has been investing in consumer brands for nearly a decade. Prior to Able Partners, Alison was a General Partner & Managing Director at CircleUp Growth Partners where she led investments in early stage consumer brands. During her time at CircleUp, Alison sat on the board of several companies including Kosas Cosmetics, Nutpods and The Coconut Cult. Prior to CircleUp, Alison was a Vice President at TSG Consumer where she invested in consumer and retail brands and worked closely with the e-commerce investments in their portfolio. She spent a year as an operator on the executive team of Backcountry.com, one of the TSG portfolio companies, where she led brand marketing and product development. Before TSG, Alison worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan in the Consumer & Retail Group. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and currently lives in San Francisco with her husband.