Melissa Daigrepont — B2B Instructor / Counselor, is a licensed attorney and served as a U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG), deploying on an aircraft carrier in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and to Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After the Navy, Melissa was the Economic Development and Public Information Officer for the Louisiana District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration and a Business Banker with Capital One’s Greater New Orleans team. As an attorney, she has represented Veterans worldwide against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in disability claims appeals and has also worked in entertainment and immigration law. Melissa is currently an attorney advisor and business consultant to small business owners across the country through her company MJD Consulting, LLC, and she also owns a New Orleans-based company which makes custom headpieces and glittered throws for parades and special events. She joined Mississippi State University’s Boots to Business Revenue Readiness (B2BRR) team as an instructor and counselor in Spring 2021.

Melissa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Indiana University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, and a Master of Laws in Military Law with a specialty in International and Operational Law from the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School. She earned a Master of Business Administration from Tulane University in May 2016. 

Melissa and her husband, a commercial airline pilot and retired Naval Aviator, split their time between Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida and enjoy travelling the country in their RV. Melissa is a proud pet parent of four large rescue dogs and two random cats who arrived via the cat distribution network then decided to stay.