Trissanne Keen is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Strategy at the University of Michigan-Ross School of Business. Her research explores how companies balance the promises and pitfalls of the global energy transition. Focused on the electric vehicle (EV) and lithium-ion battery ecosystem, her work integrates micro-level analyses of stakeholder perceptions with macro-level dynamics of firm strategy and industrial policy. This multi-level approach contributes to a deeper understanding of how firms manage competing pressures in emerging sustainable industries, and also analyzes the global supply chains for critical raw minerals that underpin this transition. 

Before joining Ross, Trissanne was a Research Economist in the Executive Office of the Governor of Florida. She was the lead analyst for forecasting state revenues for transportation tax sources. Preceding her role as a Research Economist, she was a  Florida Gubernatorial Fellow working in the Office of Policy and Budget with the team managing $8.3B  in COVID-19 Relief Funds. Trissanne graduated summa cum laude from Florida State University, receiving a Bachelor's and Master of Science degree in Finance. She was also a recipient of the United States David L. Boren Awards,  receiving full funding to study Akan Twi in Ghana, West Africa, where she also interned with non-profit organizations on a microfinance initiative supporting women and a project aimed at combating child labor and human trafficking in rural fishing communities.