Melissa Reaves is a highly accomplished professional storyteller, public speaking & story Coach for Executives, entrepreneur, and former director of Enterprise Sales & Digital Operations management for companies like Oracle, Rocket Fuel Inc., and AudienceScience. Melissa has extensive experience helping CEOs, executives, politicians, and non-profits develop effective communication skills, including storytelling, elevator pitches, keynotes, and investor pitch meetings. By leveraging her skills and expertise, Melissa helps executives to communicate their ideas in a manner that has the emotional impact to inspire action, share wisdom and improve decision-making.

Melissa's professional storytelling experience includes appearing regularly on The Moth Story Slams, Seattle's Fresh Ground Stories, Ignite Seattle, NAMI's Brainpower Chronicles, The Risk, and her stories have been heard on NPR. Before moving to professional storytelling, Melissa's background was in enterprise ad-tech sales and marketing. Notably, Melissa studied at the University of Michigan, where she earned her Bachelor's Degree.

As the Founder of Story Fruition LLC, Melissa strives to help organizations communicate effectively and develop their professional storytelling skills. Additionally, she has dedicated her time as a Former Producer/Director at Melanin Stories Matter Storytelling, where she served underrepresented communities by creating a platform for authentic storytelling.