Marisa Denker

18 Jun Marisa Denker

Marisa is based in Philadelphia and is Co-Director and Co-Founder of Connect the Dots. Marisa is a Fulbright scholar, with a MA Design Practice from Dublin University and a BA in Urban Studies and English from the University of Pennsylvania. Marisa has deep expertise in consultation design, engaging event design, strategic communications, stakeholder management and project management.

An Urban Studies alum from the University of Pennsylvania, she was awarded an international Fulbright fellowship to engage in practice-based research in Dublin to develop a methodology to collectively approach complex urban challenges. This project evolved into Connect the Dots. Previously, Marisa worked at MCO Projects, one of Ireland’s leading project management and strategic design firms where she managed large-scale public and behavioural change projects, designed public consultations and events, and developed communications strategies for national and local public sector institutions.