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INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON ALTERNATIVE
METHODS (ISPAM)
Brooke Schwartz
Principal, Brooke Schwartz Consulting
Brooke Schwartz Consulting assists companies with the
commercialization and adoption of new technologies in food
safety. Applications include detection and identification of
pathogens, residues, toxins, allergens and adulterants in food and
environmental samples; antimicrobial interventions in food
processing; and information management for food safety.
Brooke Schwartz is a business leader with over 20 years of
general management, strategy and business development experience in life science, food and
agriculture, and consumer markets. Ms. Schwartz currently serves as Chair of the AOAC
Research Institute, an international standards organization that validates testing methods. She
recently chaired the AOAC International Fresh Produce Initiative, which led stakeholders from
the global produce industry, testing industry, and regulatory agencies in standards development
for produce safety. Previously she served on the Corporate Leadership Council of the
Association of Public Health Laboratories. She has been a featured speaker at global industry
meetings including the International Conference on Fresh-cut Produce and the China Food Safety
& Quality Conference.
Ms. Schwartz has held business management and corporate development roles at Applied
Biosystems / Life Technologies. As Business Segment Leader for Food and Environmental
Testing, she led the re-launch of the AB/Life global food testing business. Previously she led
strategy and innovation engagements for Deloitte Consulting’s Health Care and Life Science
practice, and managed a global consumer chemicals business for Monsanto Company. She
began her career as a policy analyst and trade negotiator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Ms. Schwartz’s public service leadership includes serving as Trustee of the National Organization
of Girls Incorporated and as a board member of the Alameda County affiliate of Girls Inc. She has
led pro bono consulting engagements for the California Academy of Sciences, the Bay Area Red
Cross, and KQED Public Media.
Ms. Schwartz earned an M.B.A from the Harvard Business School, an M.S. in Food and Resource
Economics from the University of Florida, and a B.A. in Latin American Studies from the
University of California, Los Angeles. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese.