Melissa Fairbairn

Melissa Fairbairn currently works as the Assistant City Manager for the City of Birmingham, Michigan, where responsibilities include managing projects such as the launch of the public engagement platform Engage Birmingham and coordinating COVID-19 employee processes. Prior experience includes serving as the Assistant to the City Manager and a Management Intern within the City Manager's office. Additional roles encompass a Graduate Assistant position at Wayne State University, Interim Chief Academic Officer at Fugees Family, Inc., and Site Leader for a 21st Century Community Learning Center program. Earlier experience includes teaching social studies at both the Fugees Family and Rex Mill Middle School. Melissa Fairbairn holds a Master of Public Administration from Wayne State University, along with a Master of Arts in Secondary Education and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Michigan.