Melissa Lintinger is Chair of the Board at Hollywood Food Coalition. After shepherding the organization through four years of tremendous growth as its Treasurer, she is thrilled to lead the Board at an exciting time, during which major transformational initiatives will increase the long-term impact and sustainability of the organization. A New Orleans native, Melissa moved to New York City to attend NYU’s Stern School of Business for her BS in International Business and Marketing, and her MBA in Finance. She lived in downtown New York for thirty years, working in film and television, before moving to Los Angeles in 2016 to lead NBCUniversal’s television production finance department as Senior Vice President. Melissa was s 2019 LA Women of Influence Honoree, a 2017 HeroX NBCU Innovation Challenge winner, and a 2016 Top 100 Executive at NBC Universal. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Women in Cable Television (WICT), Advancing Women Executives (AWE), and Betsy Magness Leadership Institute’s Class of XXV.