Melanie Wallace, Senior Consulting Producer, is an Emmy award-winning, veteran broadcaster, programmer, and producer. Melanie has built an international reputation for her expertise in science storytelling. As the Senior Series Producer for NOVA, America’s longest running and most watched science program (now approaching its 50th anniversary), Melanie wrote, produced, and directed episodes over a span of more than 35 years. Melanie has partnered with numerous national and international media such as BBC, ARTE, NHK, and CCTV.

Melanie has served as the Impact Producer on the one-hour broadcast program, Earth Emergency, narrated by Richard Gere. The film aired on national PBS in December 2021 and April 2022 and has been sold to broadcasters globally. Her outreach work includes a screening and discussion series with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in the summer of 2020, a screening and panel discussion for members of the U.K. parliament in October 2021, and a screening at COP26 in Glasgow by invitation of King Charles III in November 2021.