Senior Administration

Melissa Kindall

Melissa Kindall, APR, is the Vice President of Communications & Advancement. She oversees all corporate communications, including strategic communications planning and message development, crisis communication, public relations, publications and collateral materials, advertising, media relations, website and social media management, and video production. In addition, she leads Diakon's advancement initiatives including fundraising, donor relations, and grant writing. Ms. Kindall also manages relationships with external multiple marketing and consulting agencies. 

Ms. Kindall joined Diakon in 2008 and served as the communications associate, then social media manager, and, later, director of corporate communications and marketing prior to her promotion to her current role.

Ms. Kindall has an associate's degree in business administration from Broward College and earned a bachelor's degree in corporate communications from Elizabethtown College. She is currently taking graduate classes for a master's degree in strategic leadership also at Elizabethtown College. A member of the Pennsylvania Public Relations Society (PPRS) and The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Ms. Kindall received her national public relations accreditation in 2020. 

She works in Diakon's ministry support office at 1022 N. Union St, Middletown, Pennsylvania, and can be reached by telephone at (717) 649-4296.