Melissa Garcia, CAE is the Associate Executive Director for the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Having spent her career at SfN in seven different roles, Melissa has worked across several functions including meeting programming and education, process improvement, project management, association governance, scientific publications, science policy and advocacy, marketing and communications, and information technology with a focus on business development, innovation, and program expansion. She currently sits on the CESSE board, and is a 2016 recipient of Association Forum/USAE’s Forty Under 40 and Association Trends’ Young & Aspiring Professionals awards. Host and Founder: Lowell Aplebaum - CEO & Strategy Catalyst at Vista Cova Producer and Operations: Amy Hager - Strategy Advisor at Vista CovaVideo and Audio Editing: Kaelyn SandersMusic: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burnLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/