Melissa Pepper - Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma

Melissa Pepper has served as the Chief Development Officer of Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma since April 2017 when she was recruited to manage fund development, business and community relations and a $13.2 million dollar capital campaign to build a new urban STEM camp.  Prior to Girl Scouts, she worked for OETA Foundation as their Major Gifts Officer and Myriad Botanical Gardens as their Director of Festivals and Events.  

Before moving to Oklahoma City in 2012, she was the Event Manager for The Kansas City Zoo.  A graduate of The University of Kansas, she earned a BS in Journalism and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.  She has been a long-time community volunteer in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma for organizations such as Head Start, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault, and Ronald McDonald House, just to name a few.  Melissa was a member of Leadership OKC Class 37 and a proud mother of her five-year-old son, Jack. Please welcome Melissa to action city!