Melissa Lessure, Assistant to the Director, began working at PGSS at Carnegie Mellon University in March of 2013. As a musician, Melissa has been playing flute with the Johnstown Symphony since 1997. Her chamber group, Sterling and Strings, performs regularly in the Western Pennsylvania region. Melissa teaches flute at the PYCO School of Music in Wexford, and she is president of the Pittsburgh Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, an organization which promotes interaction among those who share a commitment to music.
Melissa received her master’s degree in music from Carnegie Mellon University studying with Julius Baker and her bachelor’s degree from Florida State. Melissa has Accounting Certification from Robert Morris University. Her favorite database is Filemaker Pro, the primary database of PGSS since the 1990s. During her tenure at PGSS, Melissa has updated procedures and preserved historic PGSS files so the data is still accessible.
Melissa is thrilled to work with new director Natalie McGuier and the brilliant faculty and staff of PGSS and meet the amazing PGSS students every year.