Melanie Ho
Melanie Ho, Ph.D. is an award-winning author, speaker, and visual artist who blends over 20 years of leadership experience with a gift for making ideas come alive. A former corporate executive and UCLA literature instructor, she designs keynotes and workshops that use art and narrative to bring today’s most urgent leadership concepts to life. By integrating strategy with creativity, Melanie helps audiences think more expansively, engage more honestly, and lead with clarity and purpose.
Her recent book, Beyond Leaning In: Gender Equity and What Organizations are Up Against, received a silver medal in the 2022 Axiom Awards recognizing the world’s best business books, and has been acclaimed by Kirkus Reviews as “an engaging evolution of Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ mantra.”