Years of experience: 26
Startup FounderBusiness OwnerC-level ExecutiveHRCEOConsulting
Trust Score
Exceptionally trusted; proven professional excellence.
Melissa's Career Path
Sep. 2019 -Present
Puente Southwest LLCCEO, Global Consultant, Co-Founder
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Southwest USA) and southern FrancePuente Southwest is a consultancy providing fundraising and organizational development to nonprofits, foundations and NGOs. PSW focuses on resource mobilization, philanthropic partnerships, strategy, writing, funder mapping, facilitation, and 360° organizational development. We focus on Indigenous Peoples rights and philanthropy, climate justice, racial justice, LGBTQI+ justice, gender justic...
Apr. 2017 -Aug. 2019
Cultural SurvivalDirector of Philanthropic Partnerships
Santa Fe, New Mexico & Cambridge, MA,• Collaborated with leaders to develop and coordinate strategies to ensure leveraging and pursuit of funds
• Cultivated Individual donors for special initiative for Indigenous Women and Leadership
• Planned, organized and executed donor events throughout the country including San Francisco, Seattle and Boston
• Managed individual and institutional donor portfolio
• Conducted, organized, and c...
Dec. 2015 -Dec. 2015
Paris, France-December 2015Attended: • International Rights of Nature Tribunal- Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. Dec. 4 and 5th
• Climate Zone- ZAC- Women’s March for Climate Action- December 8, 2015 Participated and Volunteered: • Pathways to Paris- Concert for 350.org- Table captain for WECAN at International Climate Concert with Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben—December 4
• Women’s Environmental Climate Action...