Media Kit
1. New Haven Promise in a nutshell
2. Promise Logos
Usage guidelines:
- Do not alter the colors, add effects, or distort the logos in any way. If you need an all white logo or a vector format logo, please contact us.
- Maintain sufficient blank space around the logo to preserve its visibility and impact. Keep a minimum margin equal to the height of the logo’s “N” character on all sides.
- Avoid placing the logo on busy or patterned backgrounds. Ensure there is enough contrast between the logo and the background to maintain readability.
- Maintain equal visual weight when displaying our logo alongside others. When necessary, use the version without the mortarboard to achieve better visual balance.
3. Promise Colors
4. Sample Photos
5. Impact Data
1,400
Earned Bachelor’s Degrees
Promise Grad Rate 65% vs. 51% National Rate
1,500
Promise-Brokered Internship & Job Placements
86% of Promise Alumni return to
Greater New Haven
6. Leadership
Melton — an award-winning, innovative educator — has increased educational access for communities across a variety of sectors including colleges, traditional public, public charter and independent schools. She has served as President of New Haven Promise since 2012.
Throughout her career, Melton’s initiatives have impacted more than 25,000 students. Prior to returning to Connecticut, Melton coached several small school design teams, which created nine Early College High Schools throughout Ohio and Indiana. She contributed to Vincennes University’s early college replication effort, assisting with the startup of four early college sites across Indiana.
She served as the chief academic officer for the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, Indiana’s third-largest school district. She led the district through a sweeping transformation, implementing new strategies using a distributed leadership model. The year after she implemented new strategies, that district met the standards of the No Child Left Behind Adequate Yearly Progress for the first time.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Melton was the first in her family to attend college, earning a bachelor’s degree at Yale University and a master’s degree at Arizona State University. She also served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve while a student at Yale.
A track and field walk-on in college, Melton is a former U.S. Olympic trials finalist and an All-American. She received the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2007 Silver Anniversary Award, which recognizes former student-athletes who have distinguished themselves in their chosen field. In 2013, she became the first African-American woman to be awarded Yale University’s George H.W. Bush Award. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of New Haven in 2018. She was named the 2022 Dick Enberg Award recipient.