Marissa joins The Benoit Group as a Director of Development with over 18 years of experience in the real estate industry. Her career in real estate began with GE Capital’s equity investment team as an Associate where she underwrote multi-family, retail, office, and industrial assets. Marissa then transitioned to being a Portfolio Manager at Atlanta Housing where she managed the redevelopment of Atlanta Housing’s original communities. She was then promoted to roles in project management with Truist Community Capital and U.S. Bank. As an investor and lender, Marissa has collectively underwritten and funded over $1.5 Billion in equity and debt for the construction and rehabilitation of housing across the country.

Prior to joining The Benoit Group, Marissa worked in development as a project manager for organizations such as National Church Residences, the nation’s largest non-profit developer of senior housing, and at CIM Group, the master developer for the $5B investment in downtown Atlanta, known as Centennial Yards.

• EDUCATION / AFFILIATIONS
• Marissa earned an Industrial Engineering degree from Clemson University and an MBA in Real Estate from Georgia State University. She holds the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation (CCIM), the highest standard of achievement within the commercial real estate industry recognized globally.