In Conversation: Melinda Crowley

Threading together a service-, policy- and adventure-driven life; the dream of being 'introduced to Africa for the first time by an African;' & 'the chance to do big' in the world.

Melinda Crowley was the right person in the right place at the wrong time.

In March 2014, the World Health Organization reported the first cases of Ebola in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea. The identification of these early cases marked the beginning of the West Africa Ebola epidemic.

Melinda, a political officer at the State Department…