Melissa Meilan Tuscano

Melissa Meilan Tuscano is an accomplished HR professional with extensive experience in total rewards, compensation, and people operations. Currently serving as the Director of Total Rewards and People Operations at BASF, Melissa collaborates with senior leaders to align business strategy with people capabilities through leadership development and talent management. Prior roles at Morgan Stanley include Vice President of HR Generalist in Investment Banking, where responsibility included managing HR support for seven industry groups, and Vice President of Compensation and Data Analytics, overseeing compensation processes and analytics for multiple business units. Earlier experience at UBS as a Benefits Analyst involved the administration of retirement savings plans. Melissa holds an MBA in Business Strategy from NYU Stern School of Business and a BS in Mathematics from Villanova University.