Melodie Rose

Program Chair

Melodie R. Rose serves as outside general counsel and securities counsel to public and private companies at all stages of development. She has more than 30 years of experience in corporate representation, including securities regulation, corporate governance, equity and debt capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and business planning.

Rose is also active in the management at Fredrikson & Byron, having served on many firm committees, including her current service as a member of its Board of Directors and its elected Compensation Committee, chair of its Business Division, and co-chair of its Public Companies and Corporate Governance Groups.

She is also active in the corporate governance community, serving on the board of the NACD Minnesota Chapter and teaching corporate governance as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.

Rose holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota in Management and Accounting and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School.