Melinda Hsu

Melinda Hsu is a TV writer, producer, and director who was the showrunner of Nancy Drew and the showrunner and co-creator of Tom Swift. On a national level, she has received awards from the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and Girls Inc. for her work as a mentor and community leader. The Center for Strategic and International Studies has appointed her to a US delegation to evaluate NATO facilities throughout Europe to help craft new public messaging for NATO. Her podcast about the strategy of culture change, Lead With Kindness (IG: @LeadWKindness), is the basis for her book of the same title. She received her undergraduate degree in history from Harvard and her MFA in film from Columbia. In 2024 Melinda was elected to the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America West, where she helped launch and teach a leadership training program to foster humane, respectful workplaces.