Melissa Lee (she/her/hers)

Principal
Public Works Partners
Pasadena, California

Melissa Lee leads Public Works Partners’ Community Health practice where she designs community-centered solutions to address complex urban challenges. Public Works is grounded in the discovery of the civic landscape, from the people to the institutions that shape communities. She is CNU-accredited. Melissa has served in California, New York City and New Orleans in various roles throughout government, nonprofit, and private sectors. She has been an adjunct lecturer for the Sustainable Real Estate & Development Program at Tulane University’s School of Architecture and a delegate for the APA Assembly for Climate Change. Melissa holds an MPA from NYU Wagner and a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Redlands. She is a board member of BlackSpace Urbanist Collective, the Pasadena-Altadena Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, Sankofa Community Development Corporation, and is an alumna of Coro Leadership New York and Coro Southern California Women in Leadership.

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Presentation(s):

• Ethics in Engagement from Code to Community

  Friday, May 29, 2026
  11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT