Melissa Love

Melissa currently serves as the Vice President for Professional Staff Services and Ochsner Health System. Melissa leads a team focused on Physician and Advanced Practice Provider recruitment, onboarding and well-being across the organization. Her role partners with physician and division leaders to develop and implement strategies that positively impact business goals, drives performance outcomes and ensures effective initiatives focused on recognition, training, benefits and compensation that drive engagement and retention of our employed physicians and providers. In addition, Melissa partners with Ochsner’s newly named Chief Wellness Officer to oversee the Office of Professional Well-being.

Melissa has 18 years of Human Resources experience and up until January of 2019 she served as HR Business Partner to the Ochsner Medical Center Executive team for past 9 years. Her HR Business partner experience includes Employee Relations, Leader Coaching, Policy and Compliance, Strategic Planning, Succession Planning, Talent Acquisition and Compliance.  Prior to that she was the Manager of Talent Acquisition for Ochsner Health System where key accomplishments included centralizing Nurse Recruitment and HR acquisition work involving several healthcare facilities across the system.

Melissa holds a Master’s degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Fitness and Wellness Management from Louisiana Tech University.