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Core Allies, LLC





Previously a senior-level executive, Melissa Wilbricht Fristrom founded Core Allies, LLC to leverage her expertise in positioning and branding people. She draws on a depth and breadth of knowledge from her extensive leadership experience in a wide range of situations, from Fortune 100 companies to start-up ventures, from for-profit to not-for-profit endeavors, from successful companies to cash-strapped firms. Some of the companies she has worked for (as an employee or contractor) include:
  • General Mills
  • African Communications Group
  • Hasbro
  • Children for Uniting Nations
  • Jamaican At-one-ment Associates
  • IBM
  • Answerthink
  • Polaroid
  •   
    She has been in a managerial role strengthening such well-known brands as:
  • Cheerios
  • Cool Tools
  • I-Zone Polaroid
  • Playskool
  • Tonka
  • This frontline experience enables her to advise business leaders of all levels.
    Her business career has been built on strong academic foundations. Melissa earned a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the Harvard Business School. After a decade of real business experience, she went on to earn a Doctor of Psychoanalysis degree (PsyaD) from the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. The research for her dissertation, "Self-Generated Limits to Success: A Case in Moving On." enables her to identify the often unconscious factors limiting her clients' success.
    Melissa can be reached via email at information@coreallies.com.