Alyssa Schuren

Alyssa Schuren is a goal-driven leader and manager with more than twenty years of government and non-profit experience. As a partner with The Management Center, she leads the organization’s public practice – coaching and training elected and appointed government leaders, non-profit executives, and their managers to build and run more effective and equitable teams and organizations to achieve lasting results. Alyssa serves clients at the local, state and national levels, working on efforts like improving access to healthcare, mitigating the worst impacts of climate change, reforming the criminal justice system, and addressing the opioid crisis. Her clients have ranged from the Biden-Harris Administration to the Illinois Governor’s Office and State Agencies, to the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and Seattle Mayor’s Office of Sustainability & Environment. She has also supported dozens of the reform-oriented elected prosecutor’s offices part of Fair and Just Prosecution’s network, including in Brooklyn, Atlanta, and Denver, as well as multiple public defender offices across the country, ranging from New York City to Detroit to across Virginia. Before joining The Management Center, Alyssa served as Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, and as Senior Advisor to the Vermont State Treasurer. Earlier in her career, she worked in various non-profit leadership positions, including as executive director, organizing director and development director. In her spare time, Alyssa enjoys live music, good food with friends, and exploring new places with her husband and son.