Advisory Board Members
Marissa Wesely
Marissa Wesely is the co-founder of Win-Win Strategies (WWS), which was founded to connect the deep assets of women’s funds and local women’s organizations with the power of business to catalyze a transformative approach to women’s economic empowerment. She is an advisor to Women Win, the leading global women’s fund focused on empowering adolescent girls and young women through sport, into which WWS merged in 2019. Prior to the merger, Marissa served as chief executive officer of WWS. Marissa was a 2014 Fellow at Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative and a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center, affiliated with the Center’s Global Women’s Leadership Initiative. She is on the board of directors of Root Capital and the Canadian Equality Fund, and was formerly on the board of the Global Fund for Women. Marissa is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and speaks and writes regularly on issues of women’s empowerment and rights. Prior to 2014, Marissa was a partner in the global law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and was regularly recognized as a leading lawyer in banking and finance. A longstanding advocate for women and girls, Marissa has received many awards recognizing this work, including the American Bar Association’s Margaret Brent Award. Marissa received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. from Williams College.