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Hi, I'm Melissa Merson. I'm a triathlon coach and cancer exercise specialist
Melissa Merson's Bio:
Melissa Merson's Experience:
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Safe Routes to School Program Coordinator at Bike Walk Indian River County
December 2017 - Present | Vero Beach, FLAssist local cycling advocacy organization in teaching bike safety to local elementary school students.
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Communications Director at Pan-Florida Challenge
May 2017 - Present | Naples, FLAssist non-profit with mission of feeding chronically hungry children by promoting organization through social and traditional media; engagement with cycling community and cycling advocates.
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Communications & Public Affairs at America Walks
April 2014 - August 2014America Walks is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that leads a national coalition of local advocacy groups dedicated to promoting walking and walkable communities.
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Executive Director at National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
September 2011 - March 2013Directed coalition of leading national organizations in efforts to promote physical activity and provide opportunities for all Americans to engage in physical activity throughout their lifetimes. Successfully launched the CEO Pledge on Physical Activity and the Economics of Physical Activity Forum.
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Executive Board Member at International Triathlon Union
2008 - 2012Served on governing board of the international federation responsible for governance of the sport of triathlon in world wide competition and the Olympic Games.
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Board of Directors at USA Triathlon
2007 - 2012Former vice president, director on board of national governing body of the Olympic sport of triathlon; chair of the USA Triathlon International Relations Committee; previously served as chair, USA Triathlon Women's Commission; previously served on USA Triathlon's Mid-Atlantic Board of directors for more than a decade.
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Associate Director for Communications at Congressional Budget Office
December 2000 - February 2011Served as senior official responsible for the public affairs activities of the non-partisan congressional office charged with providing federal budget and economic information on broad range of issues ranging from health care, social security, and finance, to defense, environment, and tax policy. Led agency media relations and interaction with public and private interest groups, foreign visitors, and personnel from the legislative and executive branches; directed the management and dissemination of complex federal budget information to national and local media, the public, and Congress, including print and web products; coordinating all aspects of press relations; official spokesperson authorized to speak on behalf of the agency.
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Board of Directors at USA Triathlon
January 1995 - December 2008Former vice president, director on board of national governing body of the Olympic sports of triathlon; also served as chair of the USA Triathhlon International Relations Committee; previously served as chair, USA Triathlon Women's Commission; previously served on USA Triathlon's Mid-Atlantic Board of directors for more than a decade.
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Board of Governors at National Economists Club
2006 - 2008The National Economists Club is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt educational organization. It aims to encourage and sponsor discussion and an exchange of ideas on economic trends and issues that are relevant for public policy. The NEC was founded in 1968 in Washington, DC by a group of economists .The Club draws members from business, finance, government, international institutions, foreign embassies, think tanks, trade associations, and legal and accounting firms. Indeed, the Club welcomes as members anyone with a professional interest in economics. The NEC currently has more than 500 members of whom approximately 100 reside outside the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area and overseas.
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Tax Senior Manager at Deloitte
1992 - 2000Directed legislative and regulatory tracking operations for national office, planned strategic legislative and government affairs, represented national office with firm's high tech and e-commerce tax practices, coordinated media relations for tax practice including design and execution of press and legislative strategies.
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Communications Advisor at International Triathlon Union
March 2013Assist the international sport federation responsible for the development, governance, and management of the sport of triathlon in world wide competition and the Olympic Games.
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Volunteer at U.S Olympic Committee
November 2000Selected in 2000 for Project G.O.L.D., the U.S. Olympic Committee's leadership development program for women and minorities. Volunteer in Government Relatons Office for congressional team visits, athlete processing for international games, other activities.
Melissa Merson's Interests & Activities:
Triathlon, USA Triathlon, International Triathlon Union, Olympics, endurance sports, Ironman, marathons, ultra marathons, physical activity, walking, public affairs, government relations, international relations, walking,