Melissa A. Femia is the President and managing member of Jana Diversity Solutions, a company that supplies electrical wire harnesses. Jana Diversity Solutions is a female-owned, female-managed private business certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise Council, WBENC. Jana Diversity Solutions is also certified as a Women-Owned Small Business, WOSB. 

 

Melissa attained both a Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Youngstown State University. While enrolled at YSU, Melissa held offices as Secretary of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and President of the Society of Women Engineers. She began her career by working in Process Engineering, subsequently Product Engineering and Sales for the Packard Electric Division of General Motors Corporation, which was later divested by GM as Delphi Packard Electric Systems. After 10 years with Packard, Melissa assumed a director position at a smaller, privately held wire harness supplier — St. Clair Technologies, Inc. After managing various departments including Sales, Product Costing, Engineering and Customer Service, Melissa created Jana Diversity Solutions to expand her scope and offer more supply options to customers. 

 

Originally from Ohio, Melissa now lives in Gilbert, Arizona, with her husband and three daughters. She is conversant in Spanish although her roots are Italian. She is passionate about encouraging engineering as a career choice for students, particularly females and those from less affluent backgrounds. She has volunteered to mentor female engineering students at Arizona State University and frequently offers her time to the K-12 setting in hopes of exposing students to engineering.  

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Outside of the engineering and manufacturing realms, Melissa also serves on the Board of Directors of the Santan Chapter of National Charity League (NCL).  NCL is a group of mothers and daughters who have come together in a commitment to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences.  In addition to contributing via the BOD, Melissa was also the recipient of various awards recognizing her as the Patroness within the classes of 2025 & 2027 volunteering the most time hours toward multiple charity organizations.  Further, she received the Mother/Daughter award for meeting the threshold of time spent volunteering together with her daughters.