Melissa has dedicated her career to helping individuals and organizations realize their potential. She is an organization development practitioner with two decades of experience working in public sector consulting and association management. She has supported several public benefit organizations and clients in the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs, as well as AmeriCorps on a wide variety of efforts including change management, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, communications, marketing, organization design, project management, process improvement, and leadership and team development. In her role as CG Strategy’s People & Culture Officer, she contributes to firm strategy, operations, and business development, and is accountable for human resources functions including onboarding, benefits administration, performance management, and learning.

Melissa is from Kansas but now calls the Greater Washington, DC metro area home. She has a Master of Public Administration from The George Washington University and continues to nurture her love of learning through certifications including the Project Management Professional, Balanced Scorecard Professional, Organization Development Certified Professional, MBTI Certified Practitioner, and Extraordinary Teams Inventory Certified Practitioner. To learn more about working with Melissa and the CG Strategy team please click on the email link below.