Jennifer Cissé is an Research Manager on Climate Risk Finance and Resilience for the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), hosted by UNU-EHS, supporting ongoing work on Small Island States in the Caribbean and Pacific and the development of new insurance products to protect vulnerable populations against extreme weather risk. Prior to joining MCII, Cissé was a Senior Risk Advisor in the Bureau for Food Security at USAID. She has previously worked for Catholic Relief Services and as a consultant for both Catholic Relief Services and Lutheran World Relief. Cissé holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University, where her doctoral research focused on resilience estimation and the impact of insurance on resilience.