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Melissa Pepper: Lifting up others, focusing on what’s next

By: Dave Thompson|May 6, 2026
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    Melissa Pepper

    When nominations were recently taken for the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal’s third annual Women of Influence awards, several people in the business community brought up one name — Melissa Pepper.

    Ms. Pepper is an executive and community leader who until recently served as chief strategy officer at the Russell company.

    Caitlin Russell, president of the…

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