Melody Bell is an experienced Senior Executive at the US Department of Energy with over 35 years of combined civilian and military service. Ms. Bell was recently selected as the Deputy Director for the Consolidated Business Center for the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EMCBC). The EMCBC is responsible for developing and executing innovative business strategies and cost effective contracting solutions to enable the Environmental Management (EM) mission. Prior to that she was the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Resource Management in EM providing leadership for the integration of budget and planning; budget formulation; budget execution; oversight of information systems and cybersecurity; workforce management activities enabling the effective execution of the mission.
Ms. Bell also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Business Administration and the Director of Program Execution Support in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EERE) at DOE. Additionally, Ms. Bell served as the Procurement Deputy Director of the Office of
Transformation for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSAA), Assistant Manager for Contracts and Business Management, at the NNSA Nevada Site Office (NSO), and Director of Contracts and Property Management Division for the Nevada Operations Office (NVO) where she provided leadership, management and guidance in the development, planning, coordination, and administration for all acquisition strategy, financial assistance, contracting and personal property management for NVO.
Before her assignments with NNSA; Ms. Bell worked with DOE's Rocky Flats office as the Team Lead and Contracting Officer for the Performance-Based Integrating and Management Contract, Kaiser-Hill, and as an environmental engineer.
Ms. Bell began her career as an Officer in the United States Air Force, where she managed several projects and contracts in support of major Air Force weapon systems. Ms. Bell has a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences from the Colorado School of Mines, a Master’s of Business
Administration from Pepperdine University, and a Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering Mechanics from the U.S. Air Force Academy. She is also a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Executive Fellows program.
Ms. Bell is a lifetime member of Girl Scouts and volunteers as a Troop Leader enabling the transformation of girls into leaders, and a member of the National Society of Black Engineers. She is dedicated to mentoring others and reinforcing the benefits of being a life-long learner.