Education

JD in law

Pace University

Other in Environmental Management

Yale

BS in Environmental Science

Muhlenberg College

Published Works

Hoffman, L. D., Melnick, A., Prater, B., Predki, B. N. . Stakeholder Activism. , Hoffman, L. D., Khandekar, R., Melnick, A., Prater, R. (2025). Culture Wars: Now Small Businesses Are Being Affected. Small Business Institute Journal https://sbij.scholasticahq.com/. Blomfelt, E., Melnick, A. (2025). Want to Improve Your Business Skills? Maybe Work on Your Poker Face First. Journal of Business Leadership, (Spring 2025). . Predki, B. N., Prater, R., Menick, A. . Creativity: A Pedagogy for Increased Student Engagement and Better Business Ideas. Small Business Institute, Melnick, A., Sorauf, K., Schneider, A., Egir, A. . The Emerging Paradigm of Stakeholder Capitalism: A Podcast Based Case Study. (in press). Small Business Institute Journal. Melnick, A., Prater, R., Jennings, M., Hoffman, L. D. . Innovation Therapy Counseling: An Entrepreneur's Dream from Start to Finish. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Small Business Institute Journal. Hoffman, L. D., Bechtold, D., Melnick, A., Prater, R., Jennings, M. (2023). Forecasting, Scenarios, Risk Taking, and Decision Making Under Uncertainty. Small Business Institute, Bechtold, D., Melnick, A., Predki, N., Prater, R. (2023). Passion or purpose: What Drives Entrepreneurial Success. Small Business Institute, Melnick, A., Bechtold, D., Prater, R. (2023). Impacts of Trauma on Entrepreneurial Effectiveness . Small Business Institute, Hoffman, L. D., Bechtold, D., Prater, R., Melnick, A., Jennings, M. (2023). Innovative Therapy Counseling. Small Business Institute, Jennings, M., Hoffman, L. D., Bechtold, D., Melnick, A., Prater, R. (2023). Innovative Therapy Counseling Valuation. Small Business Institute, Melnick, A., Bechtold, D., Hoffman, L. D., Prater, R. (2022). A Pedological Approach to Teaching Operationalizing a Business. Small Business Institute, Melnick, A., Bechtold., Hoffman, L. D., Prater, R. (2022). A Study to Evaluate the Impacts of COVID 19 on Small Businesses in Colorado. Small Business Institute, Bechtold, D., Hoffman, L. D., Holt, D. A., Melnick, A., Murphy, A., Prater, B. (2022). The Impact of the Small Business Institute® (SBI) on Students, Faculty, Clients, and other Stakeholders: Personal Reflections from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Small Business Institute Journal, 18(1), 116-127. https://sbij.scholasticahq.com/. Melnick, A. (2021). CHARACTER BASED LENDING: A PRACTICAL MODEL TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO CAPITAL. Small Business Institute Journal, 17(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.53703/001c.28159. Bechtold, D., Khandehar, R., Melnick, A. (2021). The Role of Context in the Evolution of a Serial Entrepreneur. American Journal of Management, 21(4), 124 - 132. https://nabpress.com/american-journal-of-management/. Melnick, A. (2021). Stakeholder Networking. Small Business Institute, Prater, R., Hoffman, L. D., Melnick, A. (2021, February). A new pedagogical approach to teaching financial Feasibility. Hoffman, L. D., Prater, R., Melnick, A., Bechtold, D. (2021). Breckenridge Survey . Small Business Institute 2021 Conference Proceedings, Bechtold, D., Melnick, A., Prater, R., Vigil, J. (2020). It isn't easy being green: Operationalizing environmental sustainabiity. Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability/ North American Business Press, 15(8), 9 - 19. https://nabpress.com/strategic-innovation-and-sustainability. Bechtold, D., Melnick, A., Prater, B. (2020). It ain't easy being green: Operationalizing environmental sustainability - WDSI annual meeting . , Melnick, A., Peters, M. (2020, February). A Model for Character Based Lending. Small Business Institute. Melnick, A., Bechtold, D., Prater, R., Hoffman, L. D. (2020). Conscious Business Practices for Small Business. , http://smallbusinessinstitute.biz/2020-Conference/