Isabelle Brantley

Isabelle is a partner in Bridgespan's New York Office and co-lead of the Economic Security and Opportunity area of expertise. Since joining Bridgespan, Isabelle has worked with philanthropic and nonprofit organizations to develop strategic and operational plans to significantly grow their impact.

Isabelle’s clients include national and local intermediaries committed to place-based change and field building, human services nonprofits, and funders interested in place-based change and collaboration. Isabelle has also worked with philanthropic organizations in India and Southeast Asia. Some of Isabelle’s past clients include Pressley Ridge, Living Cities, StriveTogether, Learn to Earn Dayton, and the Tanoto Foundation.

Isabelle joined Bridgespan as an experienced consultant from Monitor Deloitte, where she worked with public and social sector clients addressing issues such as transparency in the extractive industries and local government innovation. Isabelle started her career working in affordable housing policy at the Department of Housing Preservation and Development in NYC, and later at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC.

Isabelle holds a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where she studied Social and Urban Policy, and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and American Studies from the University of Virginia, where she was a Jefferson Scholar and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Originally from Charlotte, NC, Isabelle now lives in her adopted home of Brooklyn, NY with her husband and son.