Biography

Melani has been a member of the firm since 2018. In her role as Director of Client Services, Melani co-leads the service team working with New Jersey clients. Her responsibilities include, but are not limited to: overseeing client management and grant writing operations, leading team meetings, developing and implementing policies and procedures, ensuring quality control, and managing data. Prior to this, Melani served as a Senior Grants Manager working with municipalities and counties to secure grant funding for various projects and programs focused on education, parks, transportation infrastructure, restorative justice, and health and human services. Prior to joining Millennium, Melani worked with several non-profit organizations. She applies this experience and passion into her everyday work by identifying the best ways to explain project goals in an application, seeking the right grant opportunities for those projects and executing that process meticulously. Melani is a graduate of Seton Hall University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in both Political Science and English, receiving the departmental Citation in Literature & Writing.