Jessica Wenzell serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & People Officer at Brooks Automation. Jessica is also the executive leader of our sustainability program.  

Prior to joining Brooks, Jessica served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief People Officer at CIRCOR International, where she led the Legal, Compliance, and Human Resources functions. During her tenure, she advanced talent management and leadership capability, strengthened the compliance program, and supported the company through a strategic review process that resulted in a go-private transaction. 

Earlier in her career, Jessica spent more than 14 years at General Electric, supporting industrial businesses and corporate teams on a broad range of legal matters and transactions. She also held a legal role at Hyundai Motor America and was an associate at Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP. 

She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, San Diego.