Melissa Elkins

Melissa started working at the Community Food Co-op in Bellingham, WA in 1996 and never looked back. After a dozen years on the Front End, including four years in middle management, she has been the Co-op’s Administrative Manager since 2008. In 2012, she added Sustainability Manager to her job title and developed framework for tracking and creating sustainability initiatives within the organization.

Melissa has been actively involved with the Provender Alliance for the majority of her natural foods career, planned all conference meals from 2012-2019 and has been a presenter at many conference workshops over the years. She loves systems creation, collecting data, everything Provender, talking about recycling, painting, and going to see live music, particularly if there are members of the Grateful Dead involved.