Prior to joining GreenBlue’s How2Recycle team as a Senior Project Manager, Nyssa worked as a senior R&D scientist at WestRock, leading the Fit-For-Use service platform that performs barrier and product testing primarily for plastic replacement projects. Her experience includes material and packaging testing, new product development, customer engagement, and project management. Nyssa received her master’s degree in chemistry from Old Dominion University and bachelor’s degree in chemistry and Japanese language from University of Virginia. Nyssa’s interest in sustainability began while working on plastic replacement projects which led to a deeper dive into sustainability topics. She completed a Sustainable Business course through the McIntire Institute at the University of Virginia and was a participant of the U.S. Department of State seminar in Copenhagen that focused on understanding the climate crisis through an interdisciplinary and foreign policy lens.
