Areas of Interest:
Quaker decision-making, board development and self-evaluation, effective governance, strategic planning, school-meeting relations

Experience:
Laura Melly has served as a facilitator, committee/board member and administrator in Quaker organizations since 1990. As Executive Director (1995-2000) of Friends Board Consulting, she consulted with and trained numerous Friends meetings and the schools under their care. Formerly employed in corporate banking and planning, Laura is conversant in and embraces the tensions between Quakerism and management/governance.