Melissa Agnes

Founder and CEO

Melissa is the creator of the Crisis Ready® Model, which is recognized and being taught as leading industry best practice in the field of crisis management.

As an international keynote speaker and a TEDx alumna, Melissa travels the world helping leaders further strengthen their crisis ready mindset, skills and capabilities.

In 2019, Melissa founded the Crisis Ready® Community, a space for professionals to come together to support one another, collaborate and strengthen their crisis ready skills.

Melissa sits on the Board of Trustees for D'Youville, a private University in New York, where she also serves as a visiting scholar for the course she co-created and co-teaches on Crisis Leadership.

She also sits on the Board of Directors for ZeroNow, a non-profit committed to ending harmful events in schools.

Passionate about serving law enforcement and bridging the trust divide between agencies and the communities they serve, Melissa is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). In 2021 she co-chaired a committee tasked with developing a strategy and plan of action to begin resolving the trust crisis in the U.S.

In 2019 and 2020, Melissa sat on the panel tasked with developing the International Standard for Crisis Management— ISO 22361, Guidelines for developing a strategic capability.

Talks About
#crisisresponse #crisisleadership #crisismanagement #crisiscommunications #leadershipdevelopment

Preferred Locations
#NorthAmerica