Title Event Partnerships Manager Company EverydayHero (a Blackbaud Company) Bio Marssie Versola is the Event Partnerships Manager for everydayhero (a Blackbaud company), which is an online giving platform empowering individuals around the world to connect with and support the causes they love. everydayhero partners with thousands of events, domestically and internationally, to encourage participants to give back while allowing individuals to see and share all of their giving: money given and raised, time, effort, energy and voice. Marssie graduated from the University of California, San Diego where she received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She continues to be committed to the positive psychology movement, a movement rooted in the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within themselves, and to enhance their experiences of love, work, and play. She is a member of the Greater Good Science Center at University of California, Berkeley. Prior to her work with everydayhero/Blackbaud, Marssie led and developed brand, experiential and cause marketing programs for global brands such as popchips, FIJI Water and the LEGO Group. She is the founder of Awesome & Company, a purpose driven social enterprise dedicated to bringing local communities together to be healthy, active and awesome together. Marssie also serves on Board of Directors for CVNL, an organization that advances nonprofits and volunteerism by strengthening leadership, encouraging innovation and empowering individuals to create communities engaged in positive change and transformed by service.