Meet Morra

Morra Aarons-Mele is an entrepreneur and marketing leader. In addition to her work in workplace mental health, Aarons-Mele founded the public health and issue advocacy consulting agency Women Online and created its database of female influencers, the Mission List, which she sold in 2021. Morra was named 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year at the Iris Awards, created to recognize excellence among digital content creators. She has helped US presidential candidates and a range of global organizations create communications, marketing, and fundraising campaigns. Morra was on the founding team of #GivingTuesday and has launched campaigns for the United Nations, CDC, President Obama, and more. Her work has won the Halo Award for best American cause marketing campaign of the year, the Webby Award for best parenting site, the Iris Award for best sponsored content campaign, and the Silver Anvil for branding, PR’s highest honor, all for different projects and clients.

Morra is a prolific writer. Since 2004 she has covered beats as diverse as campaign trails, the White House, the lactation room, and the office cubicle.  She has written for The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Slate, InStyle, O, The Wall Street Journal, and the Guardian. Her first book, Hiding in the Bathroom: How to Get Out There When You’d Rather Stay Home, was a bestseller (HarperCollins, 2017). Her second book, The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower, was published by Harvard Business Review Press in April 2023 and won the bronze medal for Best Leadership Book at the 2024 Axiom Awards.

Morra earned degrees from the Harvard Kennedy School and Brown University. She and Nicco Mele live in Boston with their three children and menagerie.

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