Melea Seward is a teacher, writer, consultant, and speaker. She does strategy consulting and speaking for nonprofits, start-ups, foundations, television networks, old-school magazines, new-school digital publishers, authors, and more.

Melea created Board of Us, a playful Board of Directors where the agenda is you. And you. And you. And she teaches classes and leads groups about what building meaningful lifework can mean. She has spoken at TedX, Fordham University, Kings College, the SUNY Levin Institute, The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, Sarah Lawrence College, and more. Follow her on twitter @boardofus.