Melissa Garcia serves as communications director of the Military Basketball Association (MBA). An award-winning journalist, Melissa reported the news for almost every major television network in the nation before transitioning into corporate communications and media relations. Prior to joining the MBA, Melissa managed product marketing and brand strategy for an innovative health technology company. Before that, she led internal communications for a major safety net hospital during the COVID pandemic. Her decade of broadcasting experience spans three markets in two states, landing in her home city of Denver, Colorado. Melissa feels honored to support the brave men and women of our armed forces in the nonprofit arena after telling their stories as a military reporter on the airwaves.