Melanie Coulson is Coordinator for Individual and Online Giving at DEI and an Independent fundraising advisor. At DEI, she helps oversee the 3 Million Givers initiative, manages the integrated campaign materials and helps station plan and strategize their online fundraising efforts.  She can also help with all aspects of your individual giving program.

Melanie is a veteran fundraiser who has worked at KEXP, Vermont Public Radio, Public Radio Management and KPLU. As an independent advisor, her clients have included stations large and small of all formats. Melanie has been involved in many public radio fundraising studies and research projects including Brilliant on the Basics, New Basics Project, and WXPN/DEI Mobile Giving and Messaging Project. She has also survived a couple of database conversions, and has experience with most of the major membership and online fundraising databases and systems.

When not hard at work, Melanie can be found enjoying travel, gardening, and living in Seattle.