Clients & Projects

Melanie Booth, Ed.D. - the pollinator and principal consultant behind Nectary Solutions - has worked for and with nonprofit organizations, educational associations, postsecondary institutions, state systems, and in collaborative ventures among multiple entities.

In addition to her executive leadership experience, Melanie has served as a consultant to and participant in future-focused learn/work initiatives on behalf of today’s learners/earners, employers, states, organizations, institutions, and communities. Some of her projects have been long-term and large scale; other projects have been smaller, or incremental, to support her client organizations as they move at their own pace and scale.

Higher Education and Nonprofit Organizations

  • American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) - Mentor, Curriculum to Careers initiative

  • American Council on Education (ACE) – Workplace learning assessment, Shell USA; ACE credit recommendation program review

  • Education Strategy Group (ESG) – Strategic and technical assistance on postsecondary and workforce initiatives

  • Higher Learning Commission (HLC) – Credential Lab ideation and strategy consultant

  • NC-SARA – Engagement and communications consultant

  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) – Fellows Program initial design leader; ongoing guest faculty

  • Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission – Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) taskforce; CPL workshops for institutions

  • QA Commons - Strategy consultant

  • The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Programs – Academic and internship quality and program assessment consultant

    College & University Clients

  • Clackamas Community College. Clackamas, OR

  • Dominican University of California. San Rafael, CA (served as interim Assistant Vice President and ALO)

  • EDvance College. San Francisco, CA (consultant; now current member of the Board of Directors)

  • Menlo College. Atherton, CA

  • Mission College. Santa Clara, CA

  • Northern Marianas College. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

  • Oregon Institute of Technology. Klamath Falls, OR

  • Portland Community Colleges. Portland, OR

  • Prison University Project / Mt. Tamalpais College. San Quentin, CA

  • School for New Learning, DePaul University. Chicago, IL

  • Simmons University. Boston, MA

  • Tangaza University College (with School for New Learning, DePaul University). Nairobi, Kenya

  • Valdosta State University. Valdosta, GA

    Engagement in National Initiatives

    Melanie regularly serves as a contributor to and thought partner in national and regional initiatives that advance the transformation of the learn and work ecosystem to better align education to talent needs and support all learners’ career opportunities and social and economic mobility. Examples include:

  • Competency-Based Education Research Journal - Editorial team and peer reviewer (2024 - present)

  • C-BEN Participant in the Center for Skills Partnership for Skills Validation initiative (2025)

  • WICHE / Pew Charitable Trusts - Contributor to the report State Approaches to Short-Term Postsecondary Credentials (2024)

  • UPCEA Council for Credential Innovation member (2023 - 2025)

  • Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools – Distance Education Committee Member (2022 - 2024)

  • NASASPS - Distance Education Committee Member (2022 - 2023)

  • Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) - Appeals Committee Member (2022 - 2023)

  • Connecting Credentials – Co-Leader of national task group on quality credentialing, resulting in the report Building Trust in Credentials

  • American Council on Education (ACE) – Stackable Credentials Framework Task Group, resulting in the report Quality Dimensions for Connected Credentials

  • Association of General and Liberal Studies (AGLS) - Selection Committee Member - Award for the Improvement of General Education

  • Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) – Selection Committee Member - Student Learning Outcomes Institutional Award

  • Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) – Board of Directors

  • Heutagogy Community of Practice – Co-founder/co-curator

  • Institute for Higher Education Effectiveness – Accreditation Liaison Collaborative Advisory & Accreditation Fellow

  • Credential Engine – Various User and Task Groups

  • The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning - Peer Reviewer