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Melissa J. Mills has an eclectic career based on a love of service, working with others, and curiosity.  She has over thirty years’ experience in academic administration at Harvard University and Duke University.  As an administrator, she found her focus cultivating cultures of transparency and excellence.  She started as a secretary in the Harvard Department of Mathematics.  As an undergraduate, she majored in history, because it allowed her to study everything.  At Duke, she earned an MBA while working as Assistant Provost, and a Master of Theological Studies after her retirement.

Melissa became a Rotarian in 2006.  She has served as chair of the District Ethics Committee, chair of the District Environmental Sustainability Committee, and currently serves as Assistant Governor-Elect and Chair of the District Rotaract Committee.  She also served as a founding board member of the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG).   In Rotary, she sees an organization whose values and structure promote networks of sustainable thriving globally.