Christina Mellace

Christina Mellace is the Director, Institutional Partnerships for the faith-based portfolio for World Food Program USA. Prior to this role, she was a consultant engaged as the Senior Advisor, Institutional Partnerships with WFP USA. Before joining WFP USA, she was a philanthropic consultant with Fidelity Investments, and spent 10 years at The Resource Foundation, an NYC-based nonprofit focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, where she led the Programs team before assuming the Executive Director role in 2020. Her career in international development began with fieldwork alongside local nonprofits on the outskirts of Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Christina holds a B.A. in Communications from Villanova University and completed an Impact Measurement and Reporting Executive Program at the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College.