Melody Cardenas,
Senior Director of Professional Development
Melody Cardenas has over 20 years in association management, event management, and professional development. Melody began her training and education career 30+ years ago at Nationwide as a training developer and facilitator for annuity products.
Since then, she has rounded out her experience as an adult learning champion, planning and delivering a variety of education programs and events from soft skills and ethics courses to technical job training. Melody holds a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis in broadcast journalism from Heidelberg University and a master’s degree in mass communication from Bowling Green State University. Melody interned during her undergraduate studies at the Seneca County Department of Job and Family Services as a migrant food stamp caseworker. She also interned at WEWS News Channel 5 Cleveland during her graduate study program.
Melody’s role with AASC is planning and delivering the professional development programs, including those offered at the annual National Service Coordinators Conference.