Jessica Marcella

Partner

Jessica Marcella is a Partner at the Arch Collaborative, bringing more than 20 years of leadership in reproductive health, rights, and justice policy and administration. She has extensive experience building trusted partnerships with senior leaders across the U.S. government, foreign governments, civil society, and multilateral organizations to advance complex global and domestic priorities, including sexual and reproductive health, gender equity, human rights, and public health.

Previously, Jessica served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs and Director of the Office of Adolescent Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a Senior Executive Service presidential appointment in the Biden-Harris administration. She led the nation's Title X Family Planning Program and the evidence-based Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program, advised administration leadership on reproductive and adolescent health policy, and advanced gender equity, human rights, climate, and global health priorities through the HHS Office of Global Affairs.

Jessica began her career on Capitol Hill before moving into the nonprofit sector. She holds a bachelor's degree in Human Biology from Stanford University and a Master of Public Administration from The George Washington University.