Melody is the Marketing Communications Manager.

Melody is a communications and content expert passionate about holistic, multi-channel strategies. She has nearly 15 years of experience creating and implementing digital campaigns and communications tactics for mission-driven organizations. She excels at translating complicated information into clear, compelling messages tailored to a variety of audiences. Before joining AKF, Melody worked at a consulting firm, where she oversaw a 5-person team providing editorial support to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, supported multiple Gates Foundation website revamps, and developed campaigns for the Smithsonian Institution. She has experience in the health, education, financial protection, museum, conservation, and energy sectors.

Earlier in her career, Melody worked for a nonprofit biotech that was developing new tuberculosis vaccines, and then at a family foundation where she supported two programs: Inclusive Security, which focused on increasing the number of women involved in peacebuilding around the world, and Demand Abolition, which worked to end sex trafficking in the U.S. Melody has a BS in journalism from Olivet Nazarene University, where she served as the executive editor of the student newspaper.