Melissa is an accomplished
lighting designer with extensive experience in the creative
and appropriate use of light sources, balancing energy
efficiency and design aesthetics. As a principal lighting
designer for ArcLight, Melissa works exclusively with
the ArcLight staff developing lighting and interior designs.
Melissa has designed the lighting for over 1000 residential
and light commercial spaces. Her broad understanding of
the most sophisticated lighting and controls equipment
is the result of over twenty years of specifying lighting
in prominent residences across the country. Melissa has
lighting instructed at the University of New Hampshire
and designs for “This Old House” WGBH- TV
in Boston. As the lighting designer for the show’s
co-star, Norm Abram, she is featured in his book “Norm
Abram’s New House”.