Citizens Planning Academy – March 2020

Melinda McGoldrick has been with the City of Boise since 2015 and is the program manager for Energize Our Neighborhoods. With a background in community-based education and program development in the non-profit and public sectors, she leads the Energize team’s day to day activities, communications, events, cross-departmental collaboration opportunities, and long-term program development strategies. She also facilitates the work of the Energize Strategic Leadership team to support and finance neighborhood livability projects and administers the City of Boise’s Neighborhood Investment Program.

Melinda believes that developing relationships and leveraging community based assets are essential to the successful collaborations that bring about positive change. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Portland State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Government from the University of Redlands.

Brittney Scigliano is the New Business Development Director for a luxury skincare company, community organizer, and neighborhood leader. She is the recent East End Neighborhood Association President and current board member. Brittney serves on the Preservation Idaho Advocacy committee and is the co-leader of Girl Scouts Troop 229.

In her role with the East End Neighborhood Association, Brittney worked with neighbors, Neighborhood Associations, the City of Boise, Ada County Highway District, and developers to establish successful neighborhood plans, preserve historic districts, and fight for connectivity and safety during construction. She has built relationships with local leaders and developers to ensure neighbors have a seat at the table and are a part of the decision making processes. Brittney holds a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science with a Minor is Business from Boise State University.

Kenyan-born American Salome resettled in Boise, Idaho in 2004 as a refugee, where she lives with her teenage daughter, Deborah. In the years they have called the Treasure Valley home, she has learned to embrace some hidden skills she had not previously acknowledged having. Through these and other life changing events, Salome emerged as a “cultural broker,” helping others—whether US-born or not—tease out some of the “hows” and “whys” of living life with multicultural relevance.

Salome is currently the Social Integration Coordinator at the Idaho Office for Refugees, where she coordinates the refugee speakers’ bureau and the community social integration activities, collaborating with the city of Boise, and other community partners.