B.A., print journalism

After working in print media for the past decade, Melissa Hart is excited to develop ANCA’s communications approach with key constituents, stakeholders, and the general public across the fourteen county Adirondack North Country region.  She support ANCA’s capacity to implement the Corridor Management Plans for seven byways and reach directly into cities, towns and villages to conduct regional marketing for fifteen NYS byway routes in ANCA’s service area. Her duties include implementing a communications strategy for the organization,  as well as crafting  news releases and correspondence with community Byways constituencies and assisting with ANCA publications.
Hart is proud of her North Country heritage, with three out of her four grandparents born and raised in St. Lawrence County. In her spare time, she is an avid gardener, and enjoys cooking, crafting and being outdoors with her husband, Ian Burcroff, and their two dogs.