Advisory Board Member

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Melanie Marie Boyer

Melanie Marie Boyer serves as the Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Foundation. A CALU and Duquesne University alumna, she is a Colombian & United States Citizen. Melanie is a devoted mom to two handsome young boys, ages 11 and 5. Mrs. Boyer is passionate about helping businesses to reach their full potential and getting funding into the underserved American entrepreneurial ecosystem. Her goal is to enable rapid success, defined as self-sustaining job and revenue-generating businesses that can improve underestimated communities and the region at large.

An entrepreneur at heart, she is a business owner, previously working in freelance marketing, production, recruiting, speech coaching and brand management, among other things. Melanie Marie was awarded the 2023 40 under 40 from PUMP and Pittsburgh Magazine, Top 20 Chamber Executives by Glue Up, 2022 Latino Power 100 by the Latino Convention, 2022 Pittsburgh Magazine- Top Women in Business Award, 2022 Women of Influence Award from the Pittsburgh Business times, 5 Powerful Latinas in Pittsburgh by the New Pittsburgh Courier, 100 influential leaders to know in Pittsburgh tech by Technical.ly, the 2021 NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award, 2021 Distinguished Leader award by Pittsburgh Professional Women, and a 2021 Black History Achievement Award from The Pastors Wives of the Churches of God in Christ’s Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania for her work in the Hispanic community.

Under her leadership the Hispanic Chamber has been recognized by the 2023 Hispanic Chamber of the year from the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Outstanding Community Organization by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2023,  2019 Emerging Chamber of the year from Wells Fargo and the USHCC and the 2019 Chamber of the year from the Pittsburgh Business Show.

She further serves the community through being a participating member of the S&T Bank advisory board, RAD advisory Board, Bethany Board, ALPFA Pittsburgh board (Association of Latino Professionals for America), WPXI Gets Real Advisory Board, Port Authority Stakeholder Advisory Group, WYEP Community Council, Neighborhood Allies Asset Building Network, CCAC Community Equity and Diversity Council, the UPMC Community Health Partnership and others.