Melissa Harrison
Moving 4word
Melissa Harrison is a bilingual journalist with more than 20 years of experience in television and radio news. She has worked as a news anchor and reporter in six different television markets including WNBC in New York City and WFAA-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth. Melissa has also worked as a writer for ABC’s World News Tonight and as a morning news anchor for CBS Radio.
Melissa currently serves as President & Executive Director of 4word – a non-profit organization that exists to support and connect women in the workplace so that they can reach their God-given potential with confidence. One of Melissa’s greatest passions is connecting and supporting women leaders by creating community and space for them to be fully seen and known. Through women’s events, executive cohorts, retreats and conferences, she helps women leaders experience healing and renewed purpose through the transforming power of community.
Melissa is an Executive in Residence at SMU. She earned her master’s in journalism from Columbia University and her bachelor’s in Spanish and Communications from Baylor. She also studied with Syracuse University at the Instituto Internacional in Madrid, Spain.
Melissa and her husband live in Dallas with their three young children.
Melissa currently serves as President & Executive Director of 4word – a non-profit organization that exists to support and connect women in the workplace so that they can reach their God-given potential with confidence. One of Melissa’s greatest passions is connecting and supporting women leaders by creating community and space for them to be fully seen and known. Through women’s events, executive cohorts, retreats and conferences, she helps women leaders experience healing and renewed purpose through the transforming power of community.
Melissa is an Executive in Residence at SMU. She earned her master’s in journalism from Columbia University and her bachelor’s in Spanish and Communications from Baylor. She also studied with Syracuse University at the Instituto Internacional in Madrid, Spain.
Melissa and her husband live in Dallas with their three young children.