Melissa Meehan is the southeast coastal organizer for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. Her primary responsibility is to organize and educate business groups and homeowners about the impacts of global warming on the coastline, with the ultimate goal of more coastal voices speaking out for change.

Prior to joining Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Meehan was an account executive at Hill & Knowlton, an international public relations agency. At H&K Meehan handled public relations, media and consumer marketing for a variety of environmental, corporate, and public affairs accounts. In 2006 Meehan was named one of Tampa Bay’s top “30 Under 30” young professionals by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Melissa was born in Ohio, but grew up in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. She graduated from Boston University magna cum laude with a degree in public relations and a focus in environmental science. While at Boston University, she had the unique privilege of interning at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, a facility that educates legislators and the public on the connections between human health and that of the environment. During the summer of 2002, Meehan worked as a park ranger for the Cape Cod National Seashore where she met her fiancé, Jason Baldwin.