Melissa K. Rowe is a senior principal behavioral scientist and Distinguished Chair for Human Potential at RAND. She previously served as vice president of Global Research Talent, the CEO's principal strategic advisor on the development and sustainment of RAND's global research talent base. Rowe founded RAND's Everyday AI Initiative, RAND's Global Scholar Program, Promoting Impactful Research Leadership program (PIRL), and co-founded the Gould leadership program. She has served on multiple nonprofit advisory boards including Development Partner Institute, XPRIZE Foundation Braintrust, Oxford Global Ethics and Human Rights, Conscious Good Media, and New Roads School Board of Trustees. Her research interests include human potential, mental health and well-being, complimentary and integrative health, K–12 education policy, workforce and leadership development, space, and emerging technology and innovation.
Rowe received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and completed her clinical internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. in psychology from Pennsylvania State University.
Ph.D. in clinical psychology, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A. in psychology, Pennsylvania State University
