Dr. Melanie Booth is the principal of Nectary Solutions, where she leads cross-sector projects and partners with colleges, universities, systems, states, communities, industry bodies, and organizations to create and facilitate transformative initiatives that connect learning to work. The mission of Nectary Solutions is: "Fusing learning and work to advance opportunity, engage communities, promote human potential, and facilitate learner agency."

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Over her career, she has worked directly and indirectly with hundreds of colleges, universities, non-profits, accreditation bodies, government agencies, consulting organizations, and industry associations — both in the United States and internationally — to drive systemic transformation across the learn-and-work ecosystem.

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Her expertise spans employability and skills development, experiential and community-based learning, competency-based education, skills-based microcredentials, work-based learning, and quality assurance in higher education. She has held executive leadership roles including Executive Director of the Higher Learning Commission's Credential Lab, Vice President at NCSARA, and Founding Executive Director of The Quality Assurance Commons.

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Melanie holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Change, an MA in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, and a BA in English.