Melissa Rodriguez

Melissa is a registered architect in the state of Wisconsin and is joining the WholeTrees team as an Architectural Project Manager.

Melissa grew up building things, as she repeatedly watched her father turn a pile of scrap wood into whatever he could dream up. She inherited his creativity and love of woodworking and spent the first decade of her career down on the Gulf Coast working as a custom cabinet maker and high-end interior finish carpenter. With a desire to be more, she applied to the Louisiana State University School of Architecture which led her down the path to becoming a licensed architect.

Melissa began her career in architecture in 2016 working at a local firm specializing in multi-family, hospitality, and mixed-use projects. She views her transition to WholeTrees as the beautiful culmination of her experience and the crazy twist of fate that brought her right back to her first love…working with wood.

Melissa lives in Middleton Wisconsin with her wife Sarah and 16 year old daughter Mia. In her free time she can be found snuggled up next to the IBC or any nerdy book about Building Science. She enjoys long-distance backpacking, road trips with her family and spending winters down on the Gulf Coast.