Jean Brinker

Jean Brinker has a diverse work experience in various marketing and business development roles. Starting in 2006, Brinker worked as a Marketing Assistant and Assistant to the General Manager at CIES - The Food Business Forum, where they played a leading role in planning and executing roundtable meetings for grocery retailer CEOs and supported other association events. From 2008 to 2012, Brinker worked at Van Ness Feldman, first as a Marketing Assistant, then as a Marketing Coordinator, and later as a Marketing Specialist. In these roles, they managed marketing and business development activities, participated in InterAction upgrade and training, and drafted submissions for various publications. From 2012 to 2014, Brinker served as a Client Relations Manager at Covington & Burling, where they managed the client teams program, prepared client reports, and provided support for major RFP responses. Currently, since 2014, Brinker is working at Beveridge & Diamond PC, initially as a Business Development Manager and currently as the Director of Business Development & Marketing Operations. In their current role, they have been responsible for advancing legal operations and innovation, developing analytics reports, supporting lawyers' marketing and business development efforts, and managing marketing department operations.

Jean Brinker completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in 2006 at Tulane University, majoring in History and minoring in French. In 2018, they earned their Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2016, Jean obtained the certification of Certified Graduate of the Business Development Institute from The Ackert Advisory.