Catalyst:Ed
Melanie Wise is a seasoned communications professional currently serving as the Sr. Communications Consultant at Global Health Visions, where responsibilities include leading marketing and communications for a global consulting firm focused on health and development challenges. As an Expert Provider for Catalyst:Ed, Melanie Wise offers consulting services in communications and fundraising for various nonprofits. Previously, as Senior Director of Global Marketing & Communications at Worldreader, Melanie Wise was pivotal in establishing the global communications function, enhancing visibility across five regions. The entrepreneurial journey began with the founding of Melanie Wise Communications, a firm dedicated to amplifying mission-driven organizations. Notable earlier roles include Strategic Communications Director for the East Africa Preterm Birth Initiative at the University of California, San Francisco, and Chief Communications Officer at Breakthrough Collaborative, where strategic branding initiatives were implemented. Melanie Wise holds an MA in English: Literature from San Francisco State University and a BFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Catalyst:Ed
What if every education leader and team that identified a challenge could access the expertise and hands-on support they needed to address it? What if, as a sector, we were continuously learning from these efforts and leveraging insights to better students, families, and communities? Catalyst:Ed is a national nonprofit working to transform the capacity of the nation’s education ecosystem and improve outcomes for the millions of students it serves. Our pioneering model rapidly and effectively matches education organizations to tailored technical assistance and capacity building supports so they can address long-standing challenges and expand the limits of what they can accomplish. We also invest in strengthening the capacity of grassroots organizations that work in close proximity to historically marginalized communities. At a systemic level, we are building the ecosystem and infrastructure – the network, the technology, and the know-how – needed to support capacity building at scale, strengthen the field of providers, and facilitate sector-wide learning. Our guiding principles: - Capacity building fuels world-changing work. - Individualized support is necessary, yet collective learning is possible. - A focus equity and justice must be integrated into capacity building. - There is no progress without trust. Learn more and join our network at www.catalyst-ed.org/about/