Business Owner | Athlete | Leader
About Melissa
Melissa Perlman is a skilled and experienced Communications executive. She has more than 18 years of experience working within the Public Relations and Communications industry – both on the corporate and agency side. Melissa founded BlueIvy Communications in May 2011. Since its launch, BlueIvy has become one of the most successful and admired firms in South Florida. Prior to starting BlueIvy, Melissa spent seven years in Corporate Communications at Office Depot’s Global Headquarters and several years at various TV stations in New York and New England.
Professional Life
Melissa has secured thousands of news articles and TV segments in national, local and trade media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Associated Press, NBC Today Show, Huffington Post, Bloomberg, Fortune Magazine, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, South Florida Business Journal, Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post, Florida Trend, Boca Magazine, and more. She has also booked and guided live and taped interviews for BlueIvy clients on every single South Florida broadcast outlet. Under Melissa’s tutelage, BlueIvy has become the go-to agency for those businesses and organizations seeking strategic PR and purposeful thought leadership.
BlueIvy Communications
Melissa founded BlueIvy Communications in May 2011 as a solopreneur. She has since expanded BlueIvy to a team of eight skilled professionals, with offices in Delray Beach and West Palm Beach, Florida. Team members at BlueIvy Communications are dedicated partners, storytellers, writers and brand ambassadors. They are committed to their clients’ success and consistently harness long-standing media and community relationships, creative ideas, quality writing and pursuit of excellence to ensure success!
Award Winning
Melissa has been recognized twice by PRWeek, the world’s leading PR and Communications publication, as a Top 15 PR Professional to watch (nationally). In 2021, she was named to the South Florida Business Journal’s esteemed 40 Under 40 list. She was also celebrated by South Florida Business & Wealth Magazine as a 2017 Up & Comer; Boca Life Magazine as one of the publication’s 2014 40 Under 40; and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel as part of the publication’s 2012 Top Workplaces Awards.
Leader
Melissa is Immediate Past President of the Gold Coast Public Relations Council (GCPRC), South Florida’s largest independent group of PR, marketing and communications professionals. She is a Voting Board Member for Maccabi USA (MUSA), a federally-recognized not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization with an extensive history of enriching Jewish lives through athletic, cultural and educational programs. She was also Commissioner of the Maccabi USA Endurance Team at the Maccabiah World Games in Israel in 2022. Melissa is also an Executive Member of the Friends of Brown Track & Field organization, which was formed in June 2020 and was instrumental in reinstating the Brown University Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field teams.
Athlete
A former Florida State Champion and Division I athlete, Melissa has been running competitively since 1996. She represented Team USA in the World Maccabiah Games in Israel four times (1997, 2013, 2017, 2022) and twice in Europe (Berlin 2015, Budapest 2019) – medaling every single time. Today, Melissa is a competitive marathon runner – boasting a personal best of 2 hours and 49 minutes – and is chasing an Olympic Trials Qualifying Time!