Melanie grew up in New Orleans and became a Christian while studying at the University of South Alabama. Post graduation, Melanie worked with Campus Outreach for 10 years to help pioneer a new campus ministry work at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She spent the following 10 years working with the CO ministry in Brazil, investing in areas such as: strategic ministry development, long-term ministry sustainability, staff training, new staff transition and adaptation, and evangelism and discipleship on the college campus.

Melanie now works with CO SERVE using her gifts and abilities, as well as valuable ministry and life experiences on the mission field, to serve all of our international ministry teams in the area of leader development, by leading, developing and caring for emerging ministry leaders. She also oversees our LEAD program, a 2-year missions experience for recent US graduates to serve alongside our international ministry teams, as well as to help us launch to new international ministry locations. Her heartbeat is to be used by God to reach more of the world’s future leaders with the gospel, to bring young disciples of Jesus to spiritual maturity, and to equip spiritual leaders to multiply their lives and grow gospel movements in their spheres of influence.