Melanie L. Herman

Melanie Lockwood Herman, Esq. is Executive Director of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center (NRMC). She has held leadership positions in the nonprofit sector throughout her career. Melanie is the principal author of more than 20 books on various risk management topics and is the architect of NRMC’s popular web applications: My Risk Management Plan, My Risk Management Policies and My Risk Assessment. Melanie’s essays and articles on risk topics are published by NRMC in the RISK eNews, available at www.nonprofitrisk.org/resources/e-news/ and also in Risk Management Essentials, at www.nonprofitrisk.org/resources/risk-management-essentials/.

Melanie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Affairs from the American University (Washington, DC), and a Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law (Arlington, VA). She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. Melanie currently serves on four national nonprofit boards (American Foundation for the Blind, Camp Fire, the National Human Services Assembly, and United Methodist Insurance). Melanie has been honored nine times as a member of The NonProfit Times “Power and Influence Top 50.” In the 2017 NPT list, Melanie was described as “One of the most prolific writers and lecturers on the topic of nonprofit risk.”