Biography

“When power is too concentrated, among an individual or a group, truth is almost always the first casualty.” – Marissa Orr

Marissa Orr is a former Google and Facebook executive, bestselling author, and leadership speaker. Through the course of 15 years working at today’s top tech giants, she formed views on leadership, gender, and teamwork, and has conducted talks for thousands of people in the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, at companies and universities such as Google, Twitter, Pace University, New School, American Express, and more. Originally from Miami, Orr received her Master’s degree in Decision and Information Sciences from the University of Florida. Her debut book, Lean Out, The Truth About Women, Power, & the Workplace, was released by Harper Collins Leadership in June of 2019 and is an Amazon bestseller.

Featured in Forbes, Fox, Yahoo! Finance, and CNBC, Lean Out is not simply a retort to Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, but a revolutionary path forward with the power to change the lives of men and women in the corporate world and beyond. With Lean Out, Orr provides a fresh voice for a new generation of thinkers.

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Everyone at Twitter is still talking about your women’s leadership presentation. It was one of the most engaging we’ve ever had.
– Balaji Sankaran - SVP Global Sales Operations & Marketing / Twitter
Marissa’s keynote for our iEM conference was outstanding. With humor and grace, she challenged us to look at things from a wholly new and useful perspective; one which we’d not heard before, and one we’ve been talking about ever since.
– David Mishkin - MD FACEP / Chief Innovation Officer, Sheridan Health
Thank you for coming to Canada to deliver the thought leadership presentation. The team thought it was simply OUTSTANDING – the best they’d seen in years.
– Bob Cornwall - Global Head of Sales L&D / YouTube
You crushed it and your energy was contagious. A great ending to our conference!
– Geraldine Conquest - Business Lead / Women@Google New York
You were outstanding today! You have the right balance of charisma, knowledge and humor and you have been the highlight of the day for everyone.
– Julie Rollauer - Head of Industry / CPG, Google
Marissa, thank you for creating and delivering a phenomenal presentation, sharing your own personal insights and time, and both inspiring us to push our thinking in this area as well as providing us with some very specific tactics we can adopt today! Yesterday was truly terrific and only because of the tremendous thought and passion you brought to the initiative.
– Elizabeth Ross-Ronchi, VP/GM, Global Field & Dialogic Marketing, American Express
For the first time in a long time, I finally read a book that states clear facts around the gender issues, with sound research backing the assumptions. This book should be read by leaders of all types, as it provides a fresh perspective on valuing oneself without shame or blame, while preparing the reader for the corporate ladder.
– Dr. Betty Uribe, Executive Vice President, California Bank & Trust and author of #Values: The Secret to Top-Level Performance in Business & Life
This book will make you think differently about what it will take for women to succeed in American business by exploding myth after myth with cogent arguments and simple common sense.
– Rishad Tobaccowala, Chief Growth Officer, Publicis Groupe

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