Assistant Director-Behavioral Science
Melissa Lambert is in her fourth season with the Royals and first as the Director of Behavioral Science/Major League Mental Performance. She joined the organization in 2020 as the Assistant Director of Behavioral Science. In her role, Lambert provides support to the major league players and coaches with mental performance, mitigates risk for any mental health issues and oversees mental performance programming for the department.
She previously served as an EAP and Mental Skills Coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019, performing similar duties as her current role. Prior to getting into baseball, Lambert was a Mental Health Therapist and specialized in working with student-athletes. She was also a Program Director for an intensive child and adolescent therapy program in Connecticut, a youth sports coach and a consultant for Athletes Acceleration on child development and performance psychology. She is certified in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training as a trainer through Cornell University and is a licensed professional counselor in the states of Connecticut, Arizona and Missouri.
Lambert received her Master’s of Education in clinical mental health counseling from Springfield College (Mass.) in 2009. She also has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Eastern Connecticut State. While at ECSU, she was an all-conference defender on the Warriors’ soccer team (2004-07) and was also named All-New England and an Outstanding Scholar Athlete.
A native of Montville, Conn., Lambert currently resides in Litchfield Park, Ariz.