Marcelia Freeman joined Clearlake Capital Group, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based private equity firm investing in technology and industrials, in 2020 in investor relations and product management. Prior to Clearlake, Freeman, who has 15 years of experience in financial services, was a senior vice president of capital development at EIG Global Energy Partners, where she was responsible for developing relationships with investors globally and managing products across the platform. Prior to EIG, she was a director at Invesco. She began her career at JPMorgan in the private bank, managing strategic projects within the firm’s Office of the Chairman. Freeman serves on the boards of the Florida A&M University Foundation and the National Association of Securities Professionals, a trade organization advocating for diversity across financial services. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Freeman received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2010 and graduated with honors from Florida A&M University in 2005.