Nonprofit Executive Fellows Program participant named one of New Jersey's 50 best businesswomen

Melissa Walker, president and founder of Jazz House Kids has been named by NJBIZ Magazine one of the Best Women in Business for 2014.

A graduate of Brown University, Walker completed an intensive Nonprofit Executive Fellows Program at Rutgers Business School in 2013.

Walker is the visionary and pulse behind Jazz House Kids, a nationally recognized arts education and performance organization that bridges the gap in music education and transforms the lives of New Jersey’s young people, setting the stage for livelong learning. Over the past 11 years under Walker’s guidance, Jazz House Kids has brought music, mentoring, education and apprenticeship to more than 35,000 students from diverse backgrounds who have performed before more than half a million enthusiastic fans.

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