Melissa Klide Hedden

A second-generation Greek American from Canton, Ohio, Melissa Hedden is the daughter of an educator and a retired Common Pleas Court Judge. Hedden has been on the Ohio Democratic Party’s Executive Committee for fourteen years and served as a delegate to the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Democratic Conventions. Hedden also chairs the Central Ohio Diabetes Association Women’s Board, hosts events for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and serves as development Chair for the Childhood League. Hedden graduated from Bowling Green State University with a B.S. in Business Education and Spanish.