Melissa Eljamal

Melissa serves as Chief Administrator to faculty directors in four units: Organizational Studies, Barger Leadership Institute, Michigan Quarterly Review, and the Center for Social Solutions. In these roles she is responsible for budget, finance, staff and faculty HR, and advancement. Melissa obtained her BA in German and Literary Studies from Middlebury College, VT and then worked in Germany in administrative roles for six years, including at an international professional exchange organization and as business manager for a software company. Upon her return to the US, she worked as a project coordinator for Harvard Translations Agency in Boston. She then pursued a Masters in Higher Education Administration at the U-M and began her 20-year professional career at Michigan, working at the International Center (1994-97) and various offices in the College of Engineering (1997-2005). Melissa worked with faculty, staff, and students to conceive and launch the BLI back in 2007.

Melissa's passions outside the office include caring for her family, working with international exchange students to foster cross-cultural awareness, raising funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, gardening, reading, and playing volleyball.