Melynda Thorpe Southern Utah University Assistant Vice President, Workforce and Educational Opportunity https://profile.usu.edu/images/utah-energy-conference/speakers/thorpe-melynda.jpg <p>Melynda Thorpe serves as Assistant Vice President for the Office of Workforce & Educational Opportunity at Southern Utah University (SUU), where she contributes to regional workforce and economic development through research, industry engagement, and responsive higher education programming. She is the founder of the SUU Leadership Institute and FutureReady Utah initiatives, both of which aim to advance leadership and workforce readiness.</p>