Melissa Schellinkhout

Melissa has over 25 years of experience leading sales and service functions on both the brokerage and carrier sides of the business. As Regional Growth Leader for Woodruff Sawyer’s Pacific Northwest Region, Melissa leads regional sales activities to achieve growth and revenue targets. Her responsibilities include developing and executing growth plans, supporting and coaching sales staff, client retention, and fostering strategic partnerships.

Prior to her current role, Melissa held other leadership positions including Practice Director for the Pacific Northwest, where she informed the region's overall strategy and structure, managed service teams and insurer relationships, and led finance and budget responsibilities for the region. As Client Relationship Director for Woodruff Sawyer’s Middle Markets Practice, Melissa managed account executives who serve as lead consultants to clients and supported practice leadership with client retention and profitability initiatives.

Melissa’s background includes various key positions at Chubb Limited, where she started as an underwriter trainee and received several promotions, which included: underwriter, underwriting officer, practice leader,assistant vice president, and vice president. She managed  both management liability and P&C underwriting operations and results, provided customized approaches to client solutions, and guided staff to ensure  account teams met client needs. These roles provided her with a solid foundation of knowledge and experience in this industry.

Melissa earned her bachelor's degree from Fairfield University, while playing Division I Varsity Softball for 4 years. She serves on the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation. Her extracurricular activities have included coaching and serving on the Board for the Beaumont Softball Little League in Portland, Oregon.