Melissa Murray Bailey

Melissa Murray Bailey (born 1979) is an American business executive, businesswoman and politician. She was the Republican Party nominee for Mayor of Philadelphia, the fifth largest city in the United States, in the 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election.

Bailey was raised in South Jersey. Her grandmother is from West Philadelphia, while her grandfather grew up in South Philadelphia. Both of her parents are public school teachers, including her father, who was the lead negotiator for his teachers union. She is one of four siblings.

Bailey received her bachelor's degree in biological engineering from the University of Maryland and worked as a substitute teacher while in college. She was eventually hired by Universum Global, a Swedish branding firm which also assists employers' efforts to hire workers. Prior to moving to Philadelphia, Bailey ran CEB's Asia business, located in Singapore. She resided in Singapore and Australia for nearly seven years before being hired by Universum and moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bailey and her husband moved to Philadelphia in 2012 and settled in the Society Hill neighborhood of Center City. She is currently the President of Universum's Americas business.

She and her husband, Sean Bailey, who works in the governmental tech department at Accenture, have one daughter, Cricket.

Bailey, a longtime registered Democrat, switched her party affiliation to the Republican Party in early 2015.

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