Melinda Underhill is an Executive HR Leader, speaker, coach, and team builder with extensive experience in human resources, volunteer leadership, internal communications, and nonprofit organizations.
With a career centered on people and organizational leadership, Melinda Underhill brings extensive experience leading Human Resources teams, collaborating with C-suite executives, developing talent, and supporting large volunteer organizations. Her work combines strategic HR leadership with mentorship, communication, team development, and community involvement.
Executive HR Leadership and Human Resources
Melinda Underhill serves as Chief Volunteer & HR
Officer for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, where her leadership encompasses both human resources and volunteer engagement. Her experience includes leading HR teams, supporting organizational culture, managing internal communications, developing employees, and helping volunteers contribute effectively to a shared mission.
Underhill’s approach to leadership emphasizes collaboration and relationship building. Throughout her career, she has worked alongside executives, employees, volunteers, and community leaders while serving as a coach, facilitator, change agent, and team builder.
More information about her professional experience, education, and leadership background can be found on Melinda Underhill’s LinkedIn profile.
Volunteer Management and Team Building
Volunteer leadership is another significant part of Underhill’s professional experience. Leading a large volunteer community requires communication, organization, mentorship, and an ability to bring individuals together around common goals.
Underhill has shared insights from her experience working with tens of thousands of volunteers, including lessons surrounding engagement, leadership, and organizational culture. Her perspective on managing a major volunteer organization is explored further in Lessons From Leading 36,000 Volunteers with Melinda Underhill.
Her leadership and community involvement have also earned professional recognition, including acknowledgment through the Houston Business Journal’s 2026 Community Leadership Awards.
Girl Scouts and Nonprofit Leadership
Beyond her executive HR responsibilities, Melinda Underhill is active in nonprofit leadership. In 2026, theannounced Underhill as its incoming President of the Council and Chair of the Board for the 2026–2027 term.
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