Melissa L. Bradley-Burns

Melissa is Founder and Managing Director of New Capitalist - providing business development, strategy, and capitalization assistance to emerging and social entrepreneurs.
Its mission is to leverage human, financial and social capital to create economically profitable and sustainable individuals, businesses and communities.
She is also the founder of Positive Impact™, which was launched at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.
PI's objectives are to promote ethnic and cultural diversity within independent media through communication, capacity building and capital.
Melissa currently serves as an Advisor to Iron Leaf Investors, L.P.
and Renewal 2 Investment Fund.
She also holds board positions with Georgetown University Board of Governors, Social Venture Network (Chair), Co-Op America (Chair), the Creative Capital Foundation, the Tides Network and the Tides Foundation.
Her prior work experience includes serving as Vice President at UBS in the Private Client Group and serving as a Financial Regulatory Affairs Fellow with the US Department of Treasury.
Ms. Bradley’s educational background includes graduation from Georgetown University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the School of Business, and a Master’s in Business Administration in Marketing from American University.