Kaleigh Brauns

Kaleigh Brauns is a second-year MBA candidate at Harvard Business School. She has worked across advisory, investing, and operating roles in healthcare, with a focus on using data and AI to drive measurable impact.

Prior to HBS, Kaleigh spent three years in McKinsey’s healthcare practice leading large-scale transformations for providers; later joined the life sciences investing team at Gates Ventures, focusing on early-stage Alzheimer’s and dementia diagnostics; and held a go-to-market role at an AI bioinformatics company.

She is currently with a private equity firm that applies AI and advanced analytics to value creation across sectors. Her work centers on thesis development and market research, with a particular emphasis on healthcare and biopharma.

She earned a BBA from the University of Notre Dame, with majors in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and Business Analytics. She is also the proud Social Chair of EC Section B.