Advisory Board Member Melvin J. Scales
Ohio Financial Educators Council

Melvin J. Scales has been a management consulting professional since early 1997 and currently serves both as the Executive Vice President of Meridian Resources – a leading national talent management consulting firm – and a Senior Advisor with Armstrong-McGuire, which provides leadership-based consulting to nonprofit organizations.

Prior to his appointment to the executive leadership team of Meridian Resources, Advisory Board Member Melvin Scales was the Assistant Director of Career Services for the Wake Forest University Schools of Business. He also served as the Global Senior Vice President for the world’s largest career management and outplacement consulting organization – Right Management – leading the organization’s thought leadership and global delivery for all 19 global operating regions. Melvin has also held several roles in brand management with leading international consumer products organizations such as Hanesbrands, R.J. Reynolds, Anheuser-Busch, and Nabisco.

Scales has lectured in marketing and career management at the Graduate School of Business at Wake Forest University and currently serves as a business community coach focused on ethical leadership for the university. He serves as Chairman for the Atrium Health’s CareNet Psychological Services, board and investment committee member for the Twin City Development Fund, board member and Governance committee chair for the Historic Magnolia House and Foundation, board member of the Triad North Carolina Film Commission, board and governance committee member for the Western Conference United Methodist Fund, board member for Leadership Winston-Salem, and board member for Forsyth County Senior Services.

Melvin is a native of Winston-Salem and a graduate of Wake Forest University, Brevard College and received a Doctor of Divinity degree, Honoris Causa, from Provident University. He served honorably in the United States Navy. He is married to Yvette Bishop-Scales and they have one daughter, Kelli, and one grand-dog, Shug Avery.

Selected members of the Ohio Financial Educators Council Advisory Board are individuals who support us in our commitment to widely spread financial wellness resources across the state of Ohio. They share our goal to donate financial wellness programming at the community level in initiatives that can be sustained and taken to scale.

Board Members who pass the rigorous selection criteria are professionals with a demonstrated commitment to building financial wellness in their communities. Individuals with the following traits are considered: