Melissa currently lives in Hadley with her two sons and two dogs. Before that, she lived in the Hilltowns for 22 years.

Originally working in public safety and emergency management for the cities of Springfield and Northampton, she has been an emergency communications coordinator and security advisory for Homeland Security and the state of Massachusetts over the past 6 years.

Melissa walked into the Village Closet to help out with the winter coats and holiday toy giveaways in 2020 and never looked back.

Always ready to support Hilltown families, Melissa has served on the Huntington Board of Health, the Hilltown Ambulance Association Board of Directors and the Gateway Regional School District School Committee. As a Village volunteer, she has served some of our most at-risk families, providing village closet essential supplies to caregivers who cannot get to our location in Huntington.

In her spare time, Melissa likes to spend time with her family in the great outdoors.