Helen Keller Intl
Melissa Brody currently serves as the Director of Marketing and Communications at Helen Keller Intl. Prior to this role, Melissa held the position of Director of Marketing at Scholastic and Turnaround for Children. Melissa's experience includes repositioning product suites, launching new curriculum products, and leading successful rebranding efforts. Melissa is skilled in developing strategic marketing campaigns, managing digital presence, and mentoring junior staff. Melissa holds a Master of Arts in Corporate Communication from Baruch College, a Bachelor of Arts in Mass + Human Communications with an English minor from La Salle University, and professional studies in Graphic Design from Baruch College.
Helen Keller Intl
Helen Keller, our co-founder, envisioned a world without barriers to human potential. Guided by her fierce optimism, Helen Keller Intl has been working on the front lines of health and well-being for more than 100 years. We deliver life-changing health care to vulnerable families in places where the need is great, but access is limited. Our proven, science-based programs empower people to create opportunities in their own lives. Since we were founded in 1915, our work has evolved from providing assistance to soldiers blinded during their service in World War I. Today, our programs prioritize preventing and treating vision loss and blindness—as well as addressing major global health problems such as malnutrition and neglected diseases that threaten sight, productivity, and well-being. In the U.S., Africa, and Asia, Helen Keller International’s proven, science-based programs empower people to create opportunities in their own lives and build lasting change. We build the capacity of local government, non-profit and private sector systems and infrastructure, and promote the development of sustained, large scale programs that deliver effective solutions to preventable vision loss and malnutrition. Guided by Helen’s vision and optimism, we believe it is possible to eliminate preventable vision loss, malnutrition, and neglected tropical diseases and improve the well-being of millions of children and vulnerable families.