Melissa Spas

Vice president of religion, Chautauqua Institution

Melissa Spas is vice president of religion at Chautauqua Institution. Prior to that she served as the managing director of education and engagement for the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, part of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI. She also worked previously at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs in Bloomington and at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. She is a graduate of Allegheny College and Harvard Divinity School and is an active layperson in the United Methodist Church.