Instructor
Melissa is a researcher, facilitator, and teacher with thirty years experience in academic administration at Harvard University and Duke University, including such positions as Assistant Provost, Associate Dean for Information Science and Technology, and Special Assistant to the Dean for Long-Range Planning. Her research brings together knowledge from across the disciplines, blending economics, science, and human values into a narrative that provides common ground and autonomy for individuals and groups. She is executive director of Climate Cooperators, a nonprofit start-up promoting electric vehicles and climate innovations to foster a mainstream attitude change through education and action. She uses the tools of systems thinking and mindfulness to focus individuals and organizations on practices that promote communities of trust and development of co-intelligence.
She is a member of the Rotary Club of Durham, NC, USA, chair of the District 7710 Environmental Sustainability Committee, and served as chair of the District 7710 Ethics Committee from 2012-2015. She is also Secretary of the Board of the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group and a member of the Society for Organizational Learning.
She is a member of the Rotary Club of Durham, NC, USA, chair of the District 7710 Environmental Sustainability Committee, and served as chair of the District 7710 Ethics Committee from 2012-2015. She is also Secretary of the Board of the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group and a member of the Society for Organizational Learning.