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Melissa Sternbach has been a devoted employee of the National Board of Trial Advocacy for 31 years. After achieving a degree in Management, Marketing and Merchandising from Fisher College in Boston, she worked in management for two years and joined the organization in 1987 as an Administrative Assistant. Over the years Melissa moved up the staff ranks of the NBTA and assumed the Executive Director’s position in 2008.  Melissa enjoys traveling and spending time with her family and friends, reading, painting, doing crafts and is an avid animal lover.  She has been married to husband Ritch since 1992 and they have two children, Zoe (20) and Eli (17).