Melanie D. Margolin
About Melanie D. Margolin
►What Drives Me As a dynamic diverse Executive with 23+ years of experience, I have contributed as an expert legal counsel and business leader, overseeing legal, risk mitigation, corporate governance and compliance issues for global corporations in highly regulated industries. Proven history of reducing corporate-wide legal, operational, and financial risks/losses and increasing bottom line gains. As a commercially minded business leader, I have been successful negotiating and executing multi-billion-dollar commercial agreements, M&A transactions, and bet the company litigation settlements. ►Ways I Build Value As an Executive Committee Member & Strategic Advisor, I have worked collaboratively on leadership teams to establish and execute enterprise-wide objectives including annual operating plan, human resources strategy, business development initiatives, corporate mission, vision and values statements and transformation of board of directors. Highly analytical professional with an inquisitive mindset to evaluate/align opportunities that profoundly impact critical business decisions. I am consistently recognized for building, motivating, and mentoring high-performing teams among cross-functional, matrixed organizations, fostering results through transparency, accountability, and engagement. I am an articulate and motivational public speaker, requested to present at a variety of renowned conferences annually. ►Some of My Proudest Accomplishments ✶Pioneered aggressive convergence initiative. Decreased external law firms by 76%, reduced annual legal costs by 20% in initial nine months of employment, additional 10% second year through restructuring legal team/operational practices. ✶Developed comprehensive corporate enterprise risk management system with oversight of Audit Committee. Led federal/state regulatory narratives and actions to continue as “essential business” during Covid-19 pandemic. ✶Designed and implemented Global Litigation Strategy for $24B corporation.