Biography
Melissa Robaina, MBA is the Chief Operations Officer for The Center for Appreciative Inquiry, an international leadership development organization. For over 10 years, Melissa has worked with individuals, clients, and communities worldwide using Appreciative Inquiry to enhance and enrich engagement, dialogue, innovation, connectivity, and sustainable change. Melissa has an interest in adult learning theory and is passionate about coordinating, developing, and facilitating transformation solutions in all human systems. Melissa is a certified Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator, Trainer, and Consultant.
Melissa is the co-host of Pivotal Moments HQ – a podcast sharing, exploring & celebrating stories of change through mindset and wellness, and their impact on relationships – both to ourselves and others. The intention of sharing and highlighting these stories is to 1) give a voice to underrepresented and marginalized communities and 2) to help the listener through storytelling in whatever changes they may be contemplating. As a society, we have more in common than we think, and it’s time we celebrate and learn from one another.
Melissa is the co-author of two articles, “Creating a Legacy to Live Into: The Macon Miracle” and “The Macon Miracle: A Community [Re]Designing Education to Capture the Hearts and Minds of Students”; highlighting her Company’s work in Appreciative Inquiry and positive change facilitation. These articles are published in two separate books: Exceeding Expectations: An Anthology of Appreciative Inquiry Stories in Education from Around the World and Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, Volume 4.
