Melissa Depalma

Melissa DePalma's work experience includes various roles with different organizations. Melissa started their career at Endicott College as a Campus Safety Officer and later became a Residence Director. Melissa then moved on to Johnson & Wales University, where they served as the Placement Coordinator, Assistant Director of Student Housing Systems, and eventually, the Associate Director of Housing Operations. Currently, they are working at the Rhode Island Army National Guard, where they have held several positions, including Senior System Administrator, Management Information Systems Manager, Acting Chief Information Officer/G6, Signal Officer, and currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Information Management/CIO.

Melissa DePalma completed their education at Endicott College from 2001 to 2003, earning a Masters of Education degree in Organizational Leadership. Before that, they attended Keene State College from 1992 to 1997, where they obtained a Bachelor of Music Education degree in Music Education. Furthermore, Melissa has also obtained additional certifications, including being a certified ethical hacker from EC-Council in May 2018, completing the Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services course from Cybrary in April 2017, and acquiring the CompTIA Security+ ce certification from CompTIA in July 2016.