Melissa is a recently retired Foreign Service Officer for the State Department working under each President from the Clinton through Biden administrations. She focused mainly on National Security interests while spending most of her career abroad. She organized a week-long diversity and leadership seminar, bringing together the top female government officials from multiple countries.  Melissa served as a parent coordinator in lower school and serves on the board for the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society. She graduated from Rutgers University with degrees in Political Science, Russian, and Spanish, and received a MA from George Washington University’s Elliot School.