About me
Melody Gross is a speaker, facilitator, certified professional life coach, survivor, and disruptor of intimate partner violence. Her company, Courageous SHIFT, is a speaking and consulting agency providing transformative work to people-centered organizations at the intersection of domestic violence and DEI. Through speaking engagements, workplace training, advocate coaching, and policy consulting, Melody and her team partner with organizations to shift culture and develop psychologically and physically safe work environments. Melody’s clients include large companies and gender-based violence organizations such as Safe Alliance (Charlotte, NC), The Network-Advocating for Domestic Violence, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, YWCA-Evanston/North Shore, the Texas Council on Family Violence, and the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Melody has over 15 years of nonprofit experience in various capacities, including marketing, communications, community engagement, policy development, and training. In 2021, she launched the Eva Lee Parker Fund to provide emergency financial assistance to Black survivors of intimate partner violence, thereby removing a barrier to escaping. The fund also offers virtual retreats for survivors and programming to understand the impact of domestic violence in the Black community. In 2023, she provided valuable lived experience insights to Rep. Terry Brown to develop the North Carolina Coerced Debt Relief Act to reduce the ramifications of financial and economic abuse on victims and survivors. Melody has witnessed the impact on families, communities, and organizations and is on a mission to #DisruptDomesticViolence.