Marissa Orr

Marissa Orr is a former executive at Google and Facebook, bestselling author, and leadership speaker. With over 15 years of experience in Silicon Valley's top tech companies, she has delivered talks to thousands of attendees in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, at institutions such as Google, Twitter, Pace University, The New School, and American Express.

Originally from Miami, Orr received her Master’s degree in Decision and Information Sciences from the University of Florida. She is the author of "Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace," published by HarperCollins Leadership in June 2019. Orr's work challenges conventional views on corporate leadership and gender dynamics, offering a groundbreaking perspective on the systemic dysfunction within today’s most progressive organizations.

Featured in major media outlets like Forbes, Fox, Yahoo! Finance, and CNBC, "Lean Out" has been recognized not only as a critique of Sheryl Sandberg’s "Lean In," but as a transformative work that offers practical strategies for fostering innovation and creativity in the workplace. Orr’s approach to leadership, which emphasizes the importance of mindset and culture over traditional hierarchical structures, provides actionable insights for both men and women in the corporate sector and beyond. She resides in New Jersey, where she enjoys reading and spending time with her three children.