Melissa Grober-Morrow is the Washington Center for Equitable Growth’s vice president of impact and special initiatives. Ms. Grober-Morrow has devoted most of her career to expanding economic opportunity, seeking to center the needs of those most historically excluded. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she served as thought leadership director for financial resilience at AARP, where she launched a new site for policymakers and corporate leaders focused on the future of work for people ages 50+, exploring the implications of major workforce trends affecting older workers, as well as equity considerations. She co-led the Living, Learning & Earning Longer Collaborative—an initiative of AARP, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the World Economic Forum. Ms. Grober-Morrow previously served as director of savings and financial capability at Prosperity Now, a national nonprofit intermediary whose mission is to ensure everyone in our country has a clear path to financial stability, wealth, and prosperity. She also previously designed a national financial coaching program managed by AmeriCorps members in 10 communities and ran free tax preparation sites for low-income New Yorkers at a community development financial institution.

Ms. Grober-Morrow has published and presented on issues such as the future of work, financial capability, disparities in economic opportunities and outcomes, healthy longevity, and the women’s wealth divide. She earned an M.P.A. from New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a B.A. in psychology and brain sciences from Johns Hopkins University. She sings with SongRise DC and serves on the board of Girls Inc. of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area in her spare time.