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Melody Shekari's Biography

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Full Name:

Melody F. Shekari

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

02/02/1988

Birth Place:

Baycity, TX

Home City:

Chattanooga, TN, TN

JD, Law, University of Southern California, 2011-2014

MPA, Public Administration, University of Washington, 2010-2011

BS, Business/Economics, Bentley College, 2006-2009

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee, District 3, 2016

Member, Toastmasters International, 2013-present

Policy Fellow, Mayor Andy Berke, City of Chattanooga, 2015-2016

Director of Outreach/ Director of Administration/Conference Coordinator, National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, 2012-2015

Fellow, University of Southern California, 2015

Legal Writing Fellow, University of Southern California, 2012-2013

Research Intern, American Farmland Trust, 2011

Member, Leadership Board, Save Evans Advocacy Group, 2011

Data Specialist, IntellectSpace Corporation, 2010

Member, Pi Alpha Alpha Honors Society, 2010-present

Member, Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute, present

Volunteer, Young Men's Christian Association, present

Graduate Student Body President, University of Southern California Graduate Student Government, 2013-2014

Editor, University of Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, 2013-2014

Mother's Name:

Farah

Mother's Occupation:

Owner, Daycare

Publications:

Community Supported Fisheries for the Win
USC Business Law Advisor
December 2013
This article explores the problems associated with growing seafood consumption and seafood fraud and discusses how businesses can protect themselves and consumers by dealing
with local suppliers, in order to better manage the supply chain. It suggests an emerging model of
supply, the Community Shared Fishery, to combat seafood fraud and its consequences.
Authors:
Ben Jakovljevic, Lisa O'Neill, Melody Shekari

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