Alicia Marseille

Alicia Marseille serves as the Senior Director of Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions (RMWSSS), a Global Futures Scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, and a member of the Global Futures Lab Human Economies Collaborative.

Alicia is a transformational systems leader driving large-scale change at the intersection of sustainability, economic development, and the circular economy. As Senior Director of the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service at Arizona State University, she architects bold, science-driven solutions that dismantle dated models and forge new pathways toward regenerative economies. Her work is rooted in complexity—mobilizing cross-sector movements, securing multi-million-dollar investments, and building coalitions that accelerate just and circular systems. 

Alicia has a proven track record of launching and scaling first-of-their-kind initiatives. She founded and led the RISN Incubator, the first U.S. accelerator dedicated to the circular economy, catalyzing a national shift in waste-to-resource innovation. She also co-led the development and design of piloting and scaling the world's first Circular Plastic Microfactory, and an Urban Forestry Accelerator (Urban Nature). These both take a regional economic development approach in transforming value chains at the regional level, drive manufacturing and production, and regional workforce development.

A sought-after strategist, Alicia has worked on international development projects, funded by USAID and IFC, on designing equitable, high-impact economic solutions for people and the planet. A recognized thought leader, she serves on multiple advisory boards and has been honored with ASU’s Leadership and Vision Awards for her groundbreaking contributions to systems change and sustainability. 

Alicia's interest in economic development and entrepreneurship launched when she founded and operated an international small business working with a large cooperative of farmers in the Caribbean to export/import raw green coffee and distributing it across the U.S.