Marissa is the Communications Manager at Transition US and the former Communications Manager at Post Carbon Institute. Previously she worked for six years with government, civil society, and the private sector to promote just and sustainable solutions to poverty and public health crises. Most recently she worked at The Aspen Institute coordinating a global communications project on reproductive health and population growth. Marissa has a Master’s Degree in International Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she co-founded a sustainable development partnership between UW students and an island community in Lake Victoria, Uganda.