Melissa Quinn

Melissa was born in Indianapolis Indiana and moved to Chicago and Toledo and at age 14 landed in Cincinnati.  She graduated from Loveland high school and played softball basketball and soccer.  She studied graphic design at UC and NKU.  She moved around a lot, not due to the military but her father worked for AT&T.  She has 2 Beavercreek Rotary connections, First, her sponsor, our lovely and talented Sandy Brubaker.  The other has to do with how she landed her current employment at SOCHE. Most of you remember Col (DR.) Cassie Barlow. Cassie is on the board of SOCHE and recruited Melissa to join them.  Melissa is the program manager for The Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education.  Melissa has 20 years of program management experience.  She used to be into cycling, even competitive cycling where she learned a lot about team work. She also enjoys just about anything outdoors.  Her dream is to own/operate a mini farm.  She wants to raise miniature chickens, pigs and cows along with corn and beans.  Just kidding,  no, not miniature animals and stuff, she just wants a few acres to grow foods, and raise chickens and things.  She has a Son, Ethan age 21 and daughter Kylie 18 who is attending UC for clarinet performance. 

Her Rotary Sponsor is Sandy Brubaker and she will be pinned by Sandy.