Melissa Gibson Denny Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Emphasis in Business and Sustainability; Certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)• Active member: Michigan Business Women, Out for Business, Net Impact• Selected: Director of FoodBev & Biz Club, Student Ambassador

Los Angeles, California, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

CHAI’s Global Markets Team (GMT) is responsible for envisioning, executing, and monitoring market shaping interventions aimed at improving the efficiency of health commodity markets for lower income countries. GMT uses innovative financing tools, such as volume guarantees, and closely collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to assess the potential public health impact of proposed market-shaping interventions.

Greater New York City Area

Focused on bridging Consulting, Knowledge and Partner teams to enhance client experience and commercial business development efforts with key Healthcare and Private Equity clients at BCG.Areas of focus: business development for key client accounts; client acquisition strategy; target market identification; MedTech and PE industry benchmarking research and analysis; project life cycle management & financial reporting for Consumer Fortune 100 client portfolio.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Collected data on food consumption by traveling to country offices and provided geospatialand economic analyses during the crisis; authored internal and external reports (22 monthly, 6 special reports) based on this data.• Oversaw the internal and external reporting for seven high-priority countries, including: Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. These countries fell under the World Food Programme's Level 3 (L3) corporate emergency response. Enacted due to drought, an L3 is the highest level emergency the United Nations can sanction.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Joined WFP’s Regional Bureau in Johannesburg Princeton in Africa (PiAF), a fellowship that accepts <9% of applications.• Developed three, six, and nine month funding outlook strategies to close a $600M funding gap by 54% in six months; authored a $25M grant to secure funding for five countries• Helped manage a reporting unit that wrote and disseminated monthly external reports on the El Niño weather phenomenon. These reports were picked up by news agencies such as BBC, Al Jazeera, and The Guardian.

• Selected by the U.S. Department of State's Virtual Student Foreign Service (VSFS) internship program as a virtual intern for USAID's office of HIV/AIDS.• Developed a greater understanding of PEPFAR and international projects specific to HIV/AIDS.• Gained experience in public affairs and communications work surrounding HIV/AIDS.• Assisted with digital and online-related communications tasks, including social media.• Compiled a photo archive for use in social media and other projects. • Assisted with media relations activities, including a media audit, compiling and maintaining a master media list, and conducting outreach, as needed.

Ann Arbor, Mi

• Assisted in managing a program that acclimates approximately 180 students to campus. • Assessed potential mentors through screening process that includes conducting interviews and reviewing applications. • Facilitated mentor/mentee relationships through both group and individual monthly meetings with 12 mentors to ensure commitment and professionalism.• Developed organizational skills by planning and executing program social activities.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Selected to work as an Employment Specialist Intern and throughout the summer learned about the vocational development process for newly arrived refugees.• Assisted with the client enrollment process in the IRC’s Early Employment program.• Provided one-on-one support through the development on client vocational skills.• Helped identify potential employment through job searches, employer interaction, and assessment of client skill set.• Assisted clients with resumes, job applications, mock interviews, and other job readiness activities.• Cultivated relationships with past and current employers.

Greater New York City Area

I was a member of a small number of staff working in President Clinton’s personal office in Harlem, NY. During the summer, I built a model that archived all of the President's foreign and domestic meetings, and met with Foundation staff to discuss the strategic objectives of the Foundation.I returned to coordinate the 3-day-long Clinton Global Initiative meeting in Denver, CO the following year.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Sustainability Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), International/Global Studies

Major: International Studies - global environment and health Dual Minors: Afro-American & African Studies and Science, Technology, &.

Education record

Semester-long study abroad program (January - May) organized through a third-party provider in Barcelona, Spain. The classes.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Cum Laude Society, Editor-in-Chief of "Crossfire,"​ Community Service Honors Society, Peer Mediator, Admissions.