It’s me, Marissa G!

Systems thinker. Museum educator. Podcast co-host. Occasional explainer of things. Based in the Chicago suburbs, online since the dial-up era.

Hiya!

I've spent nearly twenty years helping organizations figure out why good work feels harder than it should — and building the structures that actually fix it. I've done that inside nonprofits, enterprise tech companies, philanthropic foundations, and cultural institutions. The sectors change. The underlying problems are surprisingly similar.

I also co-host podcasts about television I take maybe slightly too seriously, think a lot in public about what sustainable work actually looks like for women who are capable and exhausted in equal measure, and run a small creative studio for projects that don't fit neatly anywhere else.

This is home base. Everything lives somewhere — here's where to find it.

A young woman with long brown hair and glasses smiling, wearing a blue shirt, and standing against a plain white background.

Marissa Explains It All →

Writing and thinking about mid-career work, burnout, and building things that fit


Podcasts →

TV recaps and other things worth talking about

Work & Hiring →

Operations, project management, program leadership


MGTV Systems Studio →

A systems-based creative practice.