MELISSA QUINN
Managing Director of Transformation, Edelman
Melissa Quinn is a Managing Director in Edelman’s Business Transformation practice.
Melissa has spent more than 20 years playing a variety of leadership roles in professional services organizations. Since 2007, she has been focused on the innovation space, helping individual leaders and organizations build the capabilities required for innovation and transformation. Melissa works with executives across various industries undergoing transformation, helping them seize advantage from the disruptive forces they are facing through coaching, advisory programs and immersive workshop experiences.
Melissa draws not only from her experience as an advisor, but from her own direct experience as an innovation leader. She spent nearly 10 years serving as the COO of Doblin, the global design and innovation practice of Deloitte Consulting. During that time, Melissa led the practice through significant growth and two acquisitions, preserving its unique creative culture and operating model while facilitating integration and synergy with its corporate parent.
Prior to Deloitte, Melissa was a partner of Monitor Group, a global strategy consulting firm focused on growth. In addition to serving clients on issues of organizational design and transformation, she led a number of global talent and operations functions within the firm and was a member of the Global Talent Leadership Team.
Melissa is originally from Toronto, Canada and currently lives in Chicago.