Who.Is.Mel

Melanie Curtis is a former investment banker turned stunt-woman world-record pro skydiver, turned keynote speaker, life coach, author, activist and entrepreneur. She has jumped out of an airplane over 12,000 times, competed at the highest levels, and has traveled the globe as a headlining professional athlete coaching thousands of people over the last 30 years.

Melanie has worked with Weird Al Yankovic, Megan Rapinoe, the RedBull Air Force and more. She has spoken on the same TED-Ed stage as Gloria Steinem. She has emceed ahead of Jameela Jamil and in front of 20,000 in the Angel City FC stadium. Melanie has also landed a parachute in that stadium, as well as Dodger Stadium, Lumen Field in Seattle, and the Great Pyramids in Egypt.

Melanie has spoken at Athleta, PNC, NatGeo, Cornell University, Middlebury College (her alma mater), and more.

Melanie has been tapped as an expert on CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, NBC Know Your Value, Forbes, Entrepreneurs on Fire, Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman the Founder of LinkedIn, and more.

Melanie has authored 3 books, including How to Fly: Life Lessons From a Professional Skydiver.

Melanie co-founded Highlight, an all-female parachute demonstration team, using skydiving as a vehicle to champion equality. She also received the first-ever Mentorship Award for the entire Parachute Industry Association.

Melanie co-founded the Trust the Journey podcast, where she and guests share in depth about their deep healing as a crucial part of accessing the true expanse of our human potential.

Underpinning it all, Melanie deeply loves people, her family above all else (including her cat, Matil), except maybe the whale joke. Ask her to tell it.