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Melinda Harrison, the Executive Assistant, has been with the Foundation since it moved to Landover, MD in 2004. Her administrative and organizational skills were developed and honed during her many years spent as a Special Interest Travel Consultant, where she planned and led group tours to Europe. Specializing in the performing arts, art and architecture, gardens and literature, she shared her love of other cultures with alumni, museum, church choirs and study groups from all areas of the United States. More recently, she was the Director of Membership for the Parrish Art Museum located in Southampton, New York.

Having spent more than 20 years living in Asia and Europe, Melinda brings her international experience and cultural awareness to the Foundation, where Science Without Borders is our overarching theme.

Melinda received a Bachelors of Art in Liberal Arts, followed by a Masters Degree in Education. She has taught middle school in New York, Paris, Chicago and Frankfurt, Germany. Her duties at the Living Oceans Foundation are primarily providing support to the Executive Director in all areas of daily operations, including producing financial reports, overseeing production of annual reports, marketing materials, audits, insurance matters, and general office administration.