Meet the Team

Melissa is the Head of Digital at She Should Run where she manages branding, data, and technology platforms, creating a simple and engaging user experience for women exploring public leadership.

A designer-turned-marketer, Melissa spent much of her career in the world of technology startups. She has held a variety of roles, from Design Overlord to Director of Experience and brings her background in branding and design thinking to She Should Run in order to help women discover and cultivate their leadership skills.

Melissa has been a speaker at HOW Design Live and TEDxPhoenixville, as well as an organizer of Startup Weekend in Philadelphia. She was the founder of Operation NICE, a movement that encouraged individuals to be proactively nice, the creator of a ridiculous meme that was featured on Conan O'Brien, and she hopes one day that her dog, Ziggy, becomes an influencer.