I was pressured to attend an event called “God and Country Music”…personally, that event sounds like my worst nightmare, but a well-intentioned friend was really trying to convince me to fake it…I’m glad I put my foot down and didn’t claim to be anything that wasn’t true to me, and I believe it ultimately was what won me the seat.“
Marissa Postler was elected to the Wyoming City Council in 2016 and won reelection unopposed in both 2020 and 2024, securing her third four-year term. She currently serves as the council liaison to the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Wyoming Water System Advisory Council. A musician, artist, and music teacher, she was a student and COSTCO employee at the time she ran for the Council.
While Marissa was born and raised in the suburbs of Milwaukee, WI, she relocated to West Michigan in 2012 for a fresh start where she ended up studying at Grand Rapids Community College and finishing her Bachelor of Music Education at Grand Valley State University.
Postler became deeply invested in politics and ran her initial campaign while still in college, becoming the youngest councilmember in Wyoming’s history. She is deeply passionate about getting younger generations involved in politics and encouraging them to play a greater role in decision making.
Since leaving her job as a public school music teacher, Marissa has been teaching private music lessons and performing as a gigging musician.
Councilmember Postler identifies as an atheist. This article was originally published as part of the Representation Matters series in The Humanist magazine, a publication of the American Humanist Association. Continue reading the full interview here. You can watch her speak at the Michigan Humanists’ event at Fountain Street Church here.
Councilmember Postler was re-elected in 2024 to a four-year term. This is her third term.
You can view all secular elected officials currently serving across the nation on The Secular Vote’s map of secular elected officials here.
