Melissa Sherman Tassinari ’75

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  • Chair, External Achievement Awards Committee, Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association
  • Harwich Port, MA

Melissa Sherman Tassinari ’75, Harwich Port, Massachusetts, is retired from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration where her last position was senior clinical advisor for the division of pediatric and maternal health. She majored in biology at Mount Holyoke and has a Ph.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin. She has been a member of the Alumnae Association’s External Achievement Awards Committee and is a class agent as well as a former reunion gift caller.

Alumnae Association Board term: External Achievement Awards Committee Chair (2023-2026)