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Ana Melendez

Board Member

Ana Melendez is the CEO and owner of A&E Wholesale, which is a distribution company that provides over 3,000 items in the categories of beverages, candy, chocolate, medicine, cigars, automotive supplies, and paper products to over 1,200 convenience stores in North Florida and South Georgia. She currently serves as the Vice President of the Florida Association of Wholesale Distributors Board of Directors, as the Treasurer for the CESC (Kearney Center) Board, and a Board member of the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, Second Harvest of the Big Bend, and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.  Ana holds a BS in Marketing and an MBA from The Ohio State University.  She was also one of 60 Latino CEOs around the country that were accepted into the Stanford Business Scaling Program in 2017 and graduated from the Jim Moran Institute SBEP program in 2022. Originally from Mexico City, Ana currently resides in Tallahassee, Florida with her husband Michael and her son Addison.