ALYSSA STEWART LEE

 

 Change Maker

 Strategic Collaborator

Consensus Builder

 Trusted Advisor 



Alyssa Lee removes barriers in investment decision-making and defines market solutions for individuals and communities.  
Her passion and a keen operational and strategic focus contribute to her success.    

Some of her recent accomplishments include: 
  • Creating market demand and policy solutions to improve access to affordable sources of mainstream credit for up to 70 million Americans by including utility, telecoms, and other payment data in credit files;
  • Spurring tool development for economic developers and retail opportunity, Civic IQ by the Neilson Claritas.  The tool identifies, measures, and targets retail opportunity based on the thought leadership of  UMI’s Urban Retail Performance Metrics (Urban RPM)
  • Building an intellectual framework for the role of markets and information in community economic development.
  • Bringing financial freedom into focus for metro DC families, students and businesses by providing customized roadmaps to financial success.

Alyssa brings cross-sector expertise from the private sector, government, and not for profit sectors.  She has worked with the with organizations from small consultancies to large organizations such as Cushman & Wakefield, as well as federal government and nonprofits such as the Brookings Institution.   

She holds a Master of City and Regional Planning with distinction from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She received a double Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Urban Studies from Northwestern University. She is a licensed investment professional in addition to her market analytics capabilities.