At Unite Us, Melissa works to design payments technology and services to increase funding for social care and community capacity building. She has 11 years of experience working on population health management and public health strengthening initiatives, both domestically and internationally. Prior to her role at Unite Us, Melissa worked as the Director of Population Health Innovation and Transformation for Johns Hopkins Healthcare, where her focus was on partnering with community-based organizations to improve health outcomes in high-risk populations. Melissa has a PhD from the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (JHSPH).