About Work/Life

Melissa Schenker, principal at Work/Life, has combined an MBA with psychotherapy training to create an unusual consulting practice focused on individuals, organizations and the larger environments within which they operate.

Her coaching practice areas include working with individuals to create satisfying work situations. Her organizational consulting work enables businesses to identify and overcome barriers to growth and continual improvement.

Melissa has opened Work/Life in 1996. Previously she worked as an internal management consultant for the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, as an operations consultant for Deloitte & Touche, and in a variety of capacities in city government in Austin, Texas and New York City. She has served on several nonprofit boards and as President of Family Connections.

She has an MBA from the Sloan School at M.I.T. and an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Texas at Austin. She also completed an intensive year long public affairs leadership training fellowship offered by the CORO Foundation in New York City.