Background
Everett, Melinda Brown was born on June 29, 1946 in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Carl Atherton and Margaret (Booker) Brown.
Everett, Melinda Brown was born on June 29, 1946 in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Carl Atherton and Margaret (Booker) Brown.
Bachelor of Arts in English with distinction, Sweet Briar College, 1968; Master of Science in Journalism, Boston University, 1970.
Senior public information specialist, New York State Narcotic Addiction Control Commission, Albany, 1970; public relations specialist, Laplante Associations, Auburn, Massachusetts, 1975-1979; associate editor, Landmark Newspaper, Holden, Massachusetts, 1979-1983; writer public relations, Worcester (Massachusetts) Memorial Hospital, 1983-1986; manager public relations, Worcester (Massachusetts) Memorial Hospital, 1986-1988; director public relations, Medical Center Center Massachusetts, Worcester, since 1988.
Board directors American Cancer Society, Worcester, since 1987. Co-chair task force Worcester Fights Back!, since 1990. Member public relations committee Young Women’s Christian Association Greater Worcester, since 1990.
Member American Society for Health Care Marketing and Public Relations (certified in public relations, leader roundtable discussion 1990, 91, national committees 1990, 91), Public Relations Society of America (accredited), New England Hospital Public Relations and Marketing Association (associate editor journal. since 1990).
Married Wayne H. Everett, August 15, 1970 (divorced 1992). Children: Philip Atherton, Jeffrey Stanwood.