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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melissa was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Anne and Steven Harrison. A brother followed five years later. DuPont transferred the family to Virginia and then to Delaware. Melissa met her husband-to-be, the late Dr. Jeffrey Fischer, in high school as they worked on the newspaper and marching band. After college graduation, they married and moved to Maryland. Melissa has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Science in Business Communications from Towson State University. 
 
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Point Lookout Prisoner of War Organization<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Presidential Families of America (2nd Vice President, 2022-2025)
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scions of Freedom Signers (Founding Vice President, 2024-2028)
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Society of Descendants of Lady Godiva (Founding Newsletter Co-Editor, 2013-2016)
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy (Counselor, 2006-2009)
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Society of the First Families of New York<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chairman of Maryland loan committee for Business Finance Group, a metro D.C. non-profit providing small business real estate loans.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Penn State “Fostering Lions” sponsor, helping with living expenses for students formerly in foster care.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #212529; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melissa and her brother joined C.A.R. when their mother joined DAR, starting her love of genealogy. While working in Washington, she walked to the DAR library during lunch, finding her first gateway and a growing list of ancestors. This led to joining more societies and then leadership positions. She has served as the National Presiding Officer of five Hereditary groups and currently serves as President of two as well as treasurer of the National Gavel Society and Founders Fellowship.
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