Since 2001, Mel has run a successful coaching and keynote-speaking business serving F500 corporations, conferences and media events as well as high-level executives and individual clients, helping them reach their professional and personal goals. Mel was signed by ABC / Disney to a TV deal after she launched her first radio show on Sirius Satellite radio and was mostly recently under contract with CNBC as a regular contributor on business and attitude to "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch."
In addition to her radio show, Mel, through her company Advice for Living, Inc., is engaged as a monthly columnist for
Success Magazine, and co-develops and distributes personal improvement products with Success Media. Mel also hosts and produces a filmed interview talk show series for Borders where she has interviewed high-profile celebrities and authors including Barbara Walters, Dr. Oz, Donald Trump, Mandy Moore and Bill Cosby.
Mel is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Boston College Law School. She was a trial attorney and dot-com executive for several years, before launching her coaching career. Mel lives outside Boston with her husband and their three young kids.