About Me

I’m Morra Aarons-Mele.
Contact by email: morra (at) womenandwork.org

Bio
Morra Aarons-Mele specializes in work redesign and management training for the flexible workplace. She 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.

Morra writes weekly columns for BlogHer.com, 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 focusing on organizational change, Morra worked for ten years on online campaigns for politics, advocacy groups, and corporations. Through her work as an Internet strategy consultant, she became committed to helping employers and employees create and manage programs that increase flexibility and self-directed work. Morra returned to graduate school and internships to learn this new field.

Morra’s 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 is married to Nicco Mele and lives near Boston.
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Publications: Harvard Graduate School of Education/GoodWork Project Paper:
Bloggers: Citizen Journalists or Entrepreneurs?

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