2025 Top Consultants: Melissa Drew

Melissa Drew is an international keynote speaker and award-winning data and digital transformation consultant leveraging how AI technologies impact procurement and supply chain organizations. She has received numerous awards, including Top 25 Global Consultants, Top Voice in Data, and Women Thought Leaders to Follow in 2024. As President of the Blended Pledge, her organization offers grants to support underrepresented voices to be heard at conferences and gain the skills needed for tomorrow’s challenges. She is a founding Women in Data and AI member and a podcast host for the ’Impact of Data & AI Literate Citizen’. Most recently, her book ’The Evolution of Procurement & Supply Management Transformation - Removing Obstacles for Success’ was released March 11, 2025. Establishing herself as a Cancer Warrior, Melissa was diagnosed with breast cancer in Jan 2022 and is currently cancer-free.