Melissa Baker

Melissa Baker is the Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, she leads the business office and ensures the efficient and effective management of the school’s financial resources. She previously served as the chief financial officer for Walnut Grove Capital Partners, an investment manager for a public and private equity fund. Prior to that position, she worked as an audit senior for Deloitte & Touche, LLP, serving a variety of large public clients and private companies as a certified public accountant. She graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with a Bachelor of Science in accounting and a collateral in international business. She also earned a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Memphis. She and her husband, Josh, have three children, Mary Lawrence, Mac, and John.