Brittany Melville
Director, Marketing & Sales
Next Generation

As Director of Marketing and Sales for Next Generation, Brittany oversees a team that is focused on educating the marketplace about self-directed IRAs as a wealth-building option. Her team also works directly with new investors to streamline the process of opening and funding new accounts for investment. Brittany regularly presents self-directed IRA education at local meetups and related industry associations. She appeared in an exclusive interview on Asset TV’s Alpha Female segment and was a panelist in their SDIRA Masterclass launched last year.

Brittany applies her extensive experience in direct sales, marketing and customer relationship management at Next Generation. In her role, she develops and oversees the implementation of marketing strategy across all media and works with the team to support sales initiatives. 

Brittany’s accomplishments throughout the years include designing and executing lead generation strategies across multiple channels, developing and nurturing multi-million dollar sales pipelines, enhancing digital marketing outreach, creating educational content, conducting market and competitive analyses, training sales personnel and improving internal processes to support sales and customer service. Prior to joining Next Generation Brittany held positions at Convergent Revenue Cycle Management, Inc., and Altria Group Distribution Company (formerly Philip Morris USA).

Brittany graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. in marketing and business management from Boston College, and has been certified as a revenue cycle representative (CRCR) in the healthcare field. She previously served as a Board Director of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and is now seeking opportunities to further support the financial services industry. Brittany and her husband currently live in Bridgewater, NJ, with their cat Leo and their dog Petey. She also owns a rental property at the Jersey Shore. In her free time she enjoys dancing, working out, playing piano, cooking, reading and cheering on her favorite football team, the Philadelphia Eagles.

Kris Benson, is the chief investment officer for Reliant Investments, one of the top 25 commercial self-storage operators in the U.S. in 2019.  As chief investment officer at Reliant, Kris is a member of the company’s investment committee that is responsible for overseeing the company’s new acquisitions.  Kris also is responsible for investor relations and working with accredited investors to raise the capital needed for Reliant’s acquisition of new self-storage properties.