Melanie Ross Levin is currently the Director of the Office of Women’s Advancement and Advocacy for the State of Delaware. In this role, she oversees Delaware's women's rights work, including building support for new legislation and advising the Governor's Office, the state legislature, and the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources. In this role she has spearheaded several groundbreaking pieces of legislation, including the best paid parental leave benefit for state workers in the country (and the only one that includes teachers) and the first ban on child marriage in the United States.

Prior to her role with the State of Delaware, Ms. Ross Levin served as the Director of Engagement and Mobilization at the National Women’s Law Center. In this capacity, she led several advocacy campaigns, including the Title IX education campaign Let Her Learn and the early learning campaign Strong Start for Children. Melanie also led NWLC’s field effort to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first bill President Barak Obama signed. Early in her career, Melanie also served as a Legislative Fellow in the Delaware General Assembly and a Grassroots Organizer for Planned Parenthood of Delaware. Ms. Ross Levin received her master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Delaware and her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Women’s Studies from the University of Delaware. She lives with her husband and two daughters in North Wilmington.