Melissa "Missy" Hughes is an American lawyer and public administrator.
She is the secretary and chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
She was appointed in September 2019 by Governor Tony Evers, and confirmed one month later.
[1] Before joining WEDC, Hughes served as general counsel and chief mission officer at Organic Valley, a dairy cooperative in Wisconsin.
Previously she was an associate at the law firm of Holland & Hart.