About Me
I’m Morra Aarons-Mele.
Contact by email: morra (at) womenandwork.org
Bio
Morra Aarons-Mele utilizes social media strategies to help employers, employees and communities connect. She also consults with leading organizations on how women can use the internet for professional and personal development. She is the author of the upcoming “Women and Leadership in the Digital Age,” part of the new Sage Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership.
Morra writes for BlogHer.com, MomsRising, the Huffington Post, and guardian.co.uk. She is also a frequent media commentator for CNN. She is adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University.
Before running her own business, Morra worked for ten years on online campaigns for politics, advocacy groups, and corporations. Her Internet marketing experience spans politics and the private sector. Before starting her own consultancy, Morra was Vice President of Interactive at Edelman in Washington, DC, where she founded that firm’s online public affairs shop, widely considered the leading team among large agencies. During the 2004 Presidential Election, Morra was the Director of Internet Marketing for the Democratic National Committee, where she oversaw online fundraising and marketing. Previously, she worked in the same capacity at the Kerry campaign. Before coming to Washington, Morra managed iVillage.com’s award-winning public affairs program in New York, then transferred to London where she managed marketing for iVillage UK and eBookers.com, then Europe’s leading travel website.
Morra has a degree in Political Science from Brown University and a Master’s from the Harvard Kennedy School. Morra is active in local politics, and represented Washington, DC’s ANC for Ward 2B. She and her husband Nicco live near Boston.
SheSource.org Expert Profile here
Publications: Harvard Graduate School of Education/GoodWork Project Paper:
Bloggers: Citizen Journalists or Entrepreneurs?
Upcoming: Chapter in the new Sage Encyclopedia of Women’s Leadership, “Women and Leadership in the Digital Age.”
Weekly Columns:
- Huffington Post
- Guardian.co.uk
- BlogHer.com (Political Director and columnist)
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About Me
Morra Aarons-Mele utilizes social media strategies to help employers, employees and communities connect. She also consults with leading organizations on how women can use the internet for professional and personal development. In her spare time, Morra enjoys blogging about women and politics. Read her full bio >>
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