
Melissa Saunders is a Strategic Communicator with 25 years experience in the public and private sectors, including 8 years with the Central Intelligence Agency. As a CIA Open Source Media Analyst, she worked with multinational staffs to process, analyze, edit and distribute data gathered from foreign media sources.
After her CIA tenure, she worked as Corporate Communications Manager, providing Media Relations and Strategic Communications services to clients in the Security, Technology, Global Trade Management and Environmental arenas. She is also the co-founder and president of the Hampton Roads, Virginia chapter of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.