NEW YORK, NY -- The Global Chamber New York City is pleased to announce that Melanie Fox, Founder Speech Fox, has been appointed to serve as the advisory board chair during the first quarter.

Melanie is a speech coach who empowers executives and public figures to speak clear, confident English through accent reduction and presentation/interview training. She also trains actors to master authentic English and Spanish dialects. She is a paid public speaker who helps her audiences "Hack into Language," and she’s about to launch her new podcast "Hack That Accent."

Through her brand, Speech Fox, Melanie helps non-native and native English speakers alike articulate clear business English and also empowers performers to master dialects from around the world. Melanie has coached speech and pronunciation for 20+ years, and holds a Master's of Science degree in Linguistics from Georgetown University (as well as a Bachelor's of Science degree in Linguistics and Spanish from Georgetown University). She also honed her craft in business presentation and executive leadership roles in the corporate education space as she trained and led successful sales, marketing, and client services teams.

Susan Gitenstein Assadi, Executive Director, says, "Melanie has served on the advisory board for three years has always been an active member of the Board. She’s been a terrific support for our organization by telling our story and has invited many in her international network to attend our events and sessions and consider membership to our global organization. It’s natural for her to take on this position to chair the advisory board in Q1. I am looking forward to working with her to build our chapter in 2024."

Other advisory board members include: Bob Dunphy, business broker, Transworld, Charles Bernard, CEO of Criteria for Success and Collavia, Danielle Orcutt, National Sales Executive Corpay, Doug Wendt, Founder Wendt Partners, Jeffrey Smith, COO of Factum Global, Kathleen Cronin, Regional Coordinator and Outreach Advisor, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Ling Chang, Founder & CEO Ledger Funding, Matthew Lee Sawyer, Adjunct Professor Columbia and NYU and author, Monica Varas, International and Commercial Insurance Broker at Varas Insurance, Nicol Polidoro, Northeast Regional Account Manager, Port of New York and New Jersey and Toby Armitage, Senior Vice President and Wealth Manager, Merrill Private Wealth manager.

The Global Chamber NYC Chapter hosts recurring meetups and on a frequent basis, we host globinars on topics that are educational to our members regarding export and import, doing business globally and connecting with members of our virtual community of top-level executives around the world.

Susan Gitenstein Assadi is the Executive Director of the Global Chamber NYC Chapter and also is the founder of her PR practice GAPR, which focuses on building brands for her clients and helping companies expand their exposure through coverage in the top tier business press.

We are actively seeking partnerships with likeminded organizations. Currently the NYC Chapter has partnerships with the Baltic American Chamber of Commerce, World Trade Week NYC and IWEC Foundation.

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If you are interested in joining the advisory board and are an active member of the Global Chamber, please contact Susan at susan@globalchamber.org.

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