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SUMMARY:2025 Volunteer Appreciation Event
DESCRIPTION:The Human Side of Change – Turning Commitment into Collective
  Impact
 From Personal Commitment to Lasting Change
 Meaningful change d
 oes not come from plans alone\, it comes from turning individual commitmen
 t into lasting change. We’ll explore the social impact of volunteering a
 nd how personal commitment becomes shared momentum through trust\, alignme
 nt\, and human connection. This talk highlights the human dynamics that le
 ad to sustained change\, and how shared purpose can transform individual e
 ffort into social impact.
 With our speaker:&nbsp\;
 
 Melissa Therrien
 \, MBA
 Executive Director\, Workforce Strategy &amp\; Professional Devel
 opment\, Roswell
 Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
 Founder\, Live Each 
 Day\, LLC
 Melissa Therrien is an executive leader in healthcare\, a foun
 der\, and a personal and executive coach with two and a half decades of ex
 perience leading organizational and human change. In her early 20s\, she s
 erved as a CFO\, where she led a financial turnaround – an experience th
 at shaped her understanding of change under pressure\, and the crucial hum
 an elements of change.
 She later spent over 20 years in senior executive
  leadership roles in healthcare\, overseeing strategy\, operations\, and w
 orkforce development. She’s designed\, developed\, and launched a leader
 ship development program at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center\, and
  is preparing to implement a strategic change management strategy at the o
 rganization.
 Melissa is also the Founder of Live Each Day\, a business s
 he’s building to support women who want to reinvent their life and work.
  In this capacity\, Melissa coaches professional women through personal\, 
 professional\, and identity-level change. Her work bridges the technical s
 ide of change – strategy\, systems\, and execution – with the human si
 de – commitment\, motivation\, and life purpose.
 &nbsp\;
 She brings 
 a rare perspective shaped by leading change at scale within organizations\
 , while coaching individuals through the internal shifts that make lasting
  change possible\, both within themselves and the organizations they lead.
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