Background

Everett, Melinda Brown was born on June 29, 1946 in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Carl Atherton and Margaret (Booker) Brown.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in English with distinction, Sweet Briar College, 1968; Master of Science in Journalism, Boston University, 1970.

Career

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.

Achievements

• Melinda Brown Everett has been listed as a noteworthy public relations executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

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).

Interests

• Avocations: antiques, reading, theatre, needlework.

Connections

Married Wayne H. Everett, August 15, 1970 (divorced 1992). Children: Philip Atherton, Jeffrey Stanwood.

Father:

Carl Atherton Brown

Mother:

Margaret (Booker) Brown

Spouse:

Wayne H. Everett

child:

Jeffrey Stanwood Everett

child:

Philip Atherton Everett