Maressa Brennan is an associate director of innovative finance at the Milken Institute. She contributes to the research, development, execution, and follow-up of the Institute’s Financial Innovations Labs, which address market failures and funding gaps within social or environmental issues. During Brennan’s time at the Institute, she has worked on projects to streamline the green bond market for municipal issuers, accelerate affordable housing development, and designed funding models to build a biomedical translational research market in Singapore. Before joining the Milken Institute, Brennan worked at Mark Asset Management, a boutique hedge fund in New York, and Russell Investments on the Hedge Fund Research team. Brennan graduated from George Washington University with a BA in International Affairs. She is currently pursuing an MS in sustainability management from Columbia University.