Melanie London, program director of Our Closet, joined JFCS in late 2017. She brings with her vast experience in direct service delivery, new program development and management, marketing and communications, leadership, and team building. Melanie served  as director of community partnerships for Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania, where she built alliances with organizations across Philadelphia to provide new opportunities to Girl Scouts and programmatic and financial support to the council. She also served as director of communications for the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts, where she oversaw all marketing, communications and public relations for the organization. Melanie is focused on developing a strategic plan for the growth of Our Closet, and is deeply committed to the mission of providing free clothing to vulnerable Philadelphians in a warm, welcoming and dignified manner, and bringing Our Closet to the forefront of the anti-poverty fight in our city. Melanie holds a Bachelor’s degree from Temple University.