Meet the Director

Melissa Siegel joined Merrimack College in fall 2016 as director of sponsored programs.

She spent the previous 10 years at Harvard University, most recently as director of research administration at the Kennedy School. Prior to that, she worked as a consultant with Huron Consulting and as a research administrator at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Siegel has a background in developing and implementing policies and procedures, and in hands-on grants management. She is a graduate of the University of Kansas.