Melissa Parker, a member of Womble Bond Dickinson’s GCSolutions team, advises companies on a wide range of matters, including healthcare, compliance and regulatory.

Melissa brings over 27 years of experience to benefit clients. Her experience includes serving as senior vice president of patient services and patient advocacy officer for Novant Health, Inc. In her leadership roles, she steered multiple COVID-19 response initiatives, transformed multiple business operations and introduced multiple innovative campaigns, programs and platforms, including the development of Choices and Champions, which received the American Hospital Association’s Circle of Life Award for innovations related to end-of-life care. Before that, she served as assistant general legal counsel for 17 years. 

Honors & Awards

  • Global ERG Network Executive Sponsor of the Year for Persons with Abilities BRG, 2021
  • Outstanding Women in Business Award by Triad Business Journal, 2019
  • Appointed by NC State House Speaker to serve on North Carolina Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse, 2018-2021