Melissa Balaban is the Executive Director and Founding president of IKAR. Prior to joining IKAR, Melissa was Assistant Dean at the University of Southern California Law School, Directing Attorney of Public Counsel’s Child Care Law Project, a senior consultant for a national human resources consulting firm, and an adjunct professor at Loyola Marymount MBA program.
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