Melissa Rich
Melissa Rich
Overview
Before founding InterSchola, Melissa Rich was Director of Business Development and senior financial manager at Classroom Connect. Rich joined Classroom Connect from Intel Capital, Intel's strategic venture capital investment arm. While at Intel, Rich's area of investment focus was concentrated on rich media technologies, ecommerce and content areas including K-12 education. Following the successful investment of funds by Intel in Classroom Connect, Rich joined the Classroom Connect management team. Additional professional experience includes finance, strategy and business development roles at Chemical Bank (now Chase/JP Morgan), Sony Corporation of America and Excite, Inc. Rich is a graduate of Dartmouth College (BA) and The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business (MBA). As President of InterSchola, Rich focuses efforts on strategy, fundraising, organizational development, sales and business development.