Areas of Expertise:
Marissa Pieratt possesses expertise in developing credible climate strategies, navigating NGO stakeholder networks and crafting integrated communications on nature and climate. She actively supports her clients’ participation in global agenda-setting moments, including Climate Week NYC and the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties. Marissa is a consultant in climate and sustainability based in APCO’s New York office where she is a member of the APCO Impact team.
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.
With a background as an operations & grants associate at the We Mean Business Coalition, Marissa previously administered the nonprofit’s grants portfolio, contributing to its mission of catalyzing business and policy action to halve global emissions by 2030 in alignment with a 1.5°C pathway.