Melannie O'Connor, Senior Associate

Melannie O'Connor is an experienced strategic communications consultant and executive coach, with the passion to match her credentials. Her purpose is empowering leaders to become better communicators. Her focus is the art and science of human connection. Her goal is growing results, reputation and engagement--in global organizations large and small--in sectors from high tech to healthcare, energy to finance, manufacturing to aerospace.

A degreed summa cum laude graduate in journalism, Melannie worked for 15 years as an award-winning broadcast TV news anchor and investigative reporter. In her assignments at network affiliates nationwide, Melannie garnered recognition from the Associated Press, the Radio and Television News Directors Association, and the Poynter Institute. Among her notable roles was that of digital business journalist, reporting on America's leading companies.

Drawn by the opportunity to support leaders in a more personal way, Melannie founded her own consulting firm. Now, more than 15 years later, Melannie partners with organizations from Fortune 50 to smaller companies, NGOs, NASA--and many more. Her favorite part of every coaching session is the "Aha!" moment when a leader captures a new insight, tactic or tool--to advance consequential conversations. Melannie is also a professional voiceover artist, speaker, podcaster, and wordsmith--grateful for the opportunity to do the work she loves.