Melissa La Forest

Melissa La Forest is currently a Senior Account Manager at Lawtrades. Prior to joining Lawtrades, they spent two and a half years at ClassPass as an Account Associate. In their role at ClassPass, Melissa managed a book of 100+ business accounts, building long-term and successful partnerships. Melissa also contributed to soft churn and escalation projects, contributing to Account Associate and Success Team goals. Melissa was able to decrease onboarding time for new hires by developing clear communication systems for processes and best practices resulting in increased output, decreased SLA times, and new collaboration between departments.

Before ClassPass, Melissa worked as a Catering Event Manager at Praha Inc. for three years. And before that, they spent six months as an Event Sales Coordinator at Vail Resorts. Melissa has also been a Snowboard Coach at Park City since 2008.

Melissa La Forest completed a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing from Davis and Elkins College.

Melissa La Forest reports to Ashish Walia, Co-Founder. Melissa La Forest works with Josh Saneda - Talent Growth Lead, Aaron Diek - Senior Account Executive, and Lauren O'Neill - Senior Account Executive.