Melanie is focused on asset management for Woodfield Development in the South Carolina and Asheville, NC markets. Her priority is to ensure streamlined communication with third party property management and to provide guidance for operational excellence. Positioning the asset to create optimal value is always the goal. Melanie is a native of Hemingway, SC and moved to Charleston, SC in 2007 to attend Charleston Southern University to obtain a bachelor’s degree in education. She started her career at CSU in college housing and then moved to Rome, GA to become the Assistant Dean of Students at Shorter University where she also obtained a Master of Arts in Leadership. Life brought Melanie back to Charleston in 2016 where she started in the property management industry as a leasing professional at Cooper River Farms for Greystar and Woodfield. She quickly moved up to community manager and then moved on to another Woodfield asset on Daniel Island, Wharf 7. Melanie transitioned to Lincoln Property Company in 2020 and completed the successful lease up at Newbrook Point Hope, her third Woodfield property. Shortly after, she was promoted to Regional Property Manager to oversee the Woodfield portfolio in South Carolina. Melanie also worked closely with institutional clients such as MetLife and Prudential, along with independent developers such as Johnson Development Associates, Orange Capital, The Beach Company and Collins Group.