Since graduating from business school, Bruce has been on a mission to combine his business and entrepreneurial interests with a deep sense of purpose and place. His journey during the past three decades has opened him to a career in marketing, fundraising, and philanthropy along with involvement in a series of family-owned food businesses.

Through his company, Melarbit Impact Partners, Bruce has been able to integrate these different pursuits to help nonprofits, entrepreneurs and investors move from transaction to transformation. Whether it’s adapting fundraising best practices to drive revitalization in Newark, Asbury Park, Jersey City, NJ, or the Berkshires; engaging and activating a new generation of philanthropic and community leaders; or unlocking new resources – including his own – he is driven by a deep commitment to social and economic mobility in underserved communities.

Melarbit Partners, an homage to his family’s namesake, draws from firmly held family values and hard-earned life-lessons.

Mary Ann has extensive senior level development experience in the nonprofit health sector, giving her particular insights and expertise to advance our clients’ goals. She is the team’s head writer and editor, crafting strategic communications, ranging from solicitations, stewardship and annual reports.