Melva was born and raised in Washington DC and attended Emma Willard School for Girls in Troy, New York. She attended Spelman College in Atlanta Georgia where she received a BA in Economics. After an extraordinary corporate career in sales, and real estate at IBM and General Electric.
Melva was nominated and confirmed by the United States Senate as a Presidential Appointee during the President George H. Bush administration. Managing a senate appropriations budget of $250 Million and a staff of 24, her office’s main responsibilities were assisting minority, women-owned small businesses and HBCU’s obtain contracts with the Federal Government.
Melva received her Florida Real Estate License and since then, has been successful in providing the private sector and the Federal Government with facilities management and real estate services.
In June 2008, Melva reached another real estate milestone and opened her real estate brokerage in Key West and The Florida Keys. With over 1,600 real estate transactions and counting, Melva’s brokerage opened a location in Naples serving all of Southwest FL in 2015.
When not assisting clients and the business community, Melva volunteers her time conducting real estate workshops for women/minority home buyers and non-profit organizations.
