Alyssa is the COO and Director of Social Impact at Fire Capital Management (FCM), a boutique investment management
firm based in San Francisco. Fire Capital’s mission is to empower clients to reimagine what is possible to accomplish with their investments, social impact goals, and legacy. Fire Capital offers wealth management, multi-family office, and OCIO services to HNW individuals, families and foundations. Alyssa is committed to supporting clients with making the type of impact that is
important to them, from how they invest, to how they give.
Prior to FCM, Alyssa lived and worked in Beijing, China for over 7 years. She served as the Executive Director of the Golden Bridges Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening U.S.–China relations through cross-cultural student exchange and leadership development. In this role, Alyssa led a global team, oversaw strategic planning and fundraising, and developed next-gen leadership programs, supported by the Ford Foundation and the US State Department. Earlier in her career, she served as Business Development Manager for a Chinese travel start-up company and co-founded The Mind Body Project, an initiative focused on bringing mindful fitness solutions for schools,
companies and communities.
Alyssa has long been committed to community building and cross-sector collaboration. She served for six years as Chapter President of the American University Beijing Alumni Club and was selected as a Global Shaper, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. She is fluent in Mandarin and Japanese, is a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy®, and currently serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors for Advisors in Philanthropy (AiP).
Alyssa holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from American University, with a minor in Chinese.
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