Melanie has been on the Board of Dress for Success since June 2021 and she has been Co-Chair with Shannon Taylor since June 2023, and is the General Counsel at Seaspan Shipyards where provides legal and strategic advice to Vancouver Shipyards, Victoria Shipyards and Vancouver Drydock.
Prior to joining Seaspan, Melanie was a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, where she focused her practice on the mining, transportation, technology and media and entertainment sectors. Melanie was an Adjunct Professor at The University of British Columbia Law Faculty. Prior to practicing law, she worked as a costumer in film, television and theatre. Melanie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from University of Illinois and a Law degree from UBC and is a published author in several legal publications. Melanie was on the Board of the Association of Women in Finance from 2015 to 2017.