Melinda Ailes, Senior Business Advisor

Melinda Ailes has been providing management advisory services to small to mid size businesses ranging from start-up through maturity for many years. She works with a wide variety of industries including high technology, service, retail, distribution and manufacturing companies. She recently retired as a regional director of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC), but she continues to advise MSBDC’s clients in the Southeast region on a part-time basis.

Prior to joining the MSBDC, Ms. Ailes worked for several local and regional banks in senior management positions with responsibility for commercial lending, small business lending, asset-based lending, strategic planning and product development. Ms. Ailes also has worked as an independent consultant for privately held businesses, government agencies and not-for-profit companies in the areas of financial management, capital access, strategic planning, business development and planning, and turn-around management.