Melissa is the Co-founder and President of Public Good Software. Under her leadership, Public Good’s AI-for-Good technology has become the leading purpose marketing platform working with the nation’s leading publishers and purpose brands including CNN, HuffPost, Hearst Magazines, Guardian, PepsiCo, Verizon, CVS Health and Astra Zeneca. Prior to Public Good, Melissa founded a start-up within a start-up with Sittercity’s Employer Program which was acquired by Bright Horizons, the global leader in employer-sponsored care solutions.

Melissa is a dynamic thought-leader around social impact innovation and an experienced speaker and keynote at a broad range of leading industry media and marketing events including the Cannes Creative Festival, Reuters Responsible Business Summit, Gates Foundation Greater Giving Summit, Digiday CMO Summit, Association for National Advertisers (ANA), Sustainable Brands Flagship Conference,  the Online News Association Annual Conference, The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN), Engage for Good, Digital Hollywood, The White House MSOY Annual Awards, and The Working Mother 100 Best Companies Annual Conference and Gala. She has also been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur.com, Microsoft Chicago and The Pentagon Channel.

Past accolades include being named as a Civic Leader by the Air Force Chief of Staff and “Wonder Woman of Chicago” by IdeaForge. Melissa also serves as a Lead mentor for TechStars in Chicago and served as the President of the Auxiliary Board at the Chicago Children’s Museum.