Marie Fritz

Marie Fritz

Green Infrastructure Outreach Specialist

DC Office

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Marie joins the Alliance after a career in higher education and community development. Most recently she spent ten years as a faculty member and associate dean at a DC university where she taught experiential learning-focused courses on urban social and political change, US politics, and public policy. These courses included computer-mediated simulations on problem solving around water policy and waste management, meeting with local and federal elected officials and civil servants, and completing site visits related to urban sustainability issues. Prior to her experience in higher education, Marie worked in the areas of tenants’ rights and low-income housing policy development at various community-based organizations in Washington, DC. After completing her undergraduate degree, she participated in a year of volunteer service in which she lived in and worked at a shelter for women with young children. She holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania and a PhD in government and politics from the University of Maryland-College Park.

Raised near Scranton, Pennsylvania in the shadow of Anthracite coal mining culm banks, Marie has a particular interest in environmental racism and its relation to chronic disease and family formation. She has resided east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC for over 25 years. Outside of work, Marie loves to garden with local native plants, bike along the Anacostia River Trail, and watch the Washington Nationals and Washington Spirit. In the winter you can find her cutting English ivy and other invasive vines from trees in her neighborhood. Along with her spouse John, she lives across the street from the NPS’ Fort Davis Park and the Fort Circle Hiker Biker Trail, all in the Anacostia Watershed. Marie is thrilled to work on stormwater management and conservation landscaping at the Alliance.