A veteran of the firm for more than 30 years, Melodie serves as president of Fredrikson & Byron as well as a member of the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee.

In her legal practice, Melodie has more than three decades of experience in corporate representation, including securities regulation, corporate governance, equity and debt capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and business planning. Melodie advises Fortune 500, mid-cap, small-cap and start-up companies in a broad range of industries as well as underwriters, placement agents, and venture firms as outside corporate and securities counsel to public and private companies at all stages of development. During her career, Melodie served in many roles including most recently as Co-Chair of Fredrikson’s Corporate Governance and Public Companies / Capital Markets Groups.

In addition to her work with clients and management responsibilities at Fredrikson, Melodie is active in the national and local corporate governance communities. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors and participates in Minnesota Women Corporate Directors. She teaches Corporate Governance as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and serves on its Board of Governors. Melodie is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Business Partnership. She was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel, an organization of leading corporate governance lawyers from the U.S. and Canada.