Melissa joined ESLC in 2025 following a five-year directorship of development at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. She holds a BA in English and American Studies from Mount Holyoke College and comes to ESLC with over two decades of fundraising, communications, and event management experience for educational and cultural institutions like the Hewitt School and the NY Botanical Garden. Melissa and her partner live in Oxford, MD.
mcanoni@eslc.org • (914) 282-7313 (m)