Maria Brooks

Maria Brooks currently serves as Vice President and Head of Commercial at Prolific Machines Inc., where efforts focus on developing scalable commercial infrastructure for innovative applications in the pharmaceutical and food industries. Prior to this role, Maria held significant positions at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. as Senior Director of Business Development, and at Aimmune Therapeutics, where strategic leadership contributed to the company's acquisition by Nestle Health Sciences. Additional experience includes serving as Executive Director at Russell Reynolds Associates and leading global mergers and acquisitions at Cargill. Maria's earlier career involved roles in various organizations, including Illinois Ventures and Seashell Technologies, and is supported by an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College.