Melanie is a highly accomplished and sought-after consultant and speaker
offering organizations consulting and training services, keynotes, and design
with a focus on optimizing organizational effectiveness. Having conducted
hundreds of workshops and speaking engagements, Melanie consistently
receives excellent reviews and outstanding evaluations. Previously, Melanie
served corporate America in a sales and advertising capacity. She uses her
“business lens” to provide organizational development consulting, training,
culture audits, speaking/keynoting, and needs assessments throughout
North America and abroad. Storytelling forges connections among people,
and Melanie has found that telling stories is one of the most potent ways
leaders must influence, teach, and inspire. She incorporates this skill in
developing numerous programs incorporating the multi-facets of leading,
managing, and leveraging organizational strength through inclusive
leadership. Her professionalism, customer focus, quality, respect, and
integrity are the values she uses to achieve stellar results.

Throughout her career, her engaging, high-energy, encouraging, and
interactive style has allowed for positive and productive results. By utilizing
an integrated and strategic suite of solutions for diversity and inclusion,
Melanie guides employees to achieve higher levels of engagement and
organizations to exceed their business objectives. She has developed and
led training and consulting services for all levels of national and international
organizations of various size and industry sectors, including education,
government, and non-profits. As a master facilitator certified in several
national programs for leading companies, one example of Melanie’s
commitment to excellence is her multi-year relationship with IBM, including
being charter faculty for the implementation of their ground-breaking Minority
Women in Leadership Institute. A featured speaker at the Harvard University
Women’s Leadership Institute, Melanie has also been quoted by several
leading industry publications. She has been heard on TV, radio, panels, and
podcasts on how organizations can drive inclusion.