{"id":2236,"date":"2020-05-29T10:40:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=2236"},"modified":"2020-05-29T10:40:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:40:52","slug":"spirit-of-maryville-2020-melissa-lenz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/spirit-of-maryville-2020-melissa-lenz\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit of Maryville 2020: Melissa Lenz"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/05\/Melissa-Ojay-Lenz-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/05\/Melissa-Ojay-Lenz--251x300.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Lenz\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/05\/Melissa-Ojay-Lenz--251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/05\/Melissa-Ojay-Lenz-.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>In her work as an Edward Jones financial adviser, Melissa Lenz loves seeing her clients realize their dreams, from sending a child to college to embarking on a happy retirement. But her efforts to give back extend beyond the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryville marketing major is past president of the Kiwanis Club of Crestwood-Sunset Hills and has worked with the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis. She\u2019s also a member of the United Way\u2019s de Tocqueville Society Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Lenz sees her community work as a way of paying forward the support she\u2019s received. Her family, friends and Maryville professors, including John Lewington, PhD, retired dean and past professor of marketing and management in the Simon School of Business, encouraged her as she worked her way into her position at Edward Jones. In her role, she\u2019s earned numerous accolades including a 2019 Spirit of Caring Award. \u201cPeople have gone to bat for me,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to make a difference in people\u2019s lives because so many people have made a difference in mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal post-bottom\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"\" data-rm-love=\"0\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"nectar-love\" id=\"nectar-love-2236\" title=\"Love this\"> <i class=\"icon-salient-heart-2\"><\/i><span class=\"love-text\">Love<\/span><span class=\"total_loves\"><span class=\"nectar-love-count\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa icon-salient-x-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='pinterest-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Pin this'> <i class='fa fa-pinterest'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Pin<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In her work as an Edward Jones financial adviser, Melissa Lenz loves seeing her clients realize their dreams, from sending a child to college to embarking on a happy retirement. 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