Melissa Vernon Mcbride is a Chief People Officer at Gaia Herbs at Gaia Herbs. Colleagues describe them as "Melissa is an amazing Human Resources leader, always available to support the team and with a positive atitute that makes everyone engaged around her. She is extremely smart, while very humble and applying situational leadership to adapt herself to different levels or positions. Also, I fell very impressed by her resilience and business orientation, being very curious to understand the business needs and make sure their is alignement across the teams. I learned a lot working 2 years with her and I consider myself very lucky to be able to be her peer. " and "I have worked with Melissa for the past few years and she is great to work with. That said, service providers who want to work with Melissa or her clients beware, she is tough! She will negotiate to obtain the best for her employees or clients and will always get what is best for whoever she is working for. She is very knowledgable in many areas including HR, Finance, Recruity, Facilities. I look forward to continuing our relationship, I know she will keep me on my toes!"