Marissa Silapaswan

Marissa Silapaswan joined Social Innovation Forum (SIF) in October 2015 as SIF’s Impact Investing Fellow. In this role, she works closely with SIF’s Executive Director to support the Social Innovation Forum’s Impact Investing Accelerator. Marissa is responsible for outreach to social impact businesses and enjoys getting to know many inspiring social entrepreneurs in greater Boston. She also manages SIF’s growing network of mentors and coordinates meetings, workshops, and events for the Impact Investing Accelerator.  Marissa began her career as a high school teacher in Baltimore, Maryland through Teach for America and went on to earn a master's degree in public administration at Columbia University. While at Columbia, she became fascinated by the social enterprise and impact investing world and worked for a number of funds both domestically and internationally. Marissa is excited to apply her past experiences in impact investing to SIF’s Impact Investing Accelerator and to learn even more about the local landscape in her role at SIF.