Melinda Wuellner oversees KFF’s digital communications as senior director, digital and creative. Wuellner joined KFF in 2023 from the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, where she served as the director of international advocacy communications and helped global public health advocacy organizations to design and implement robust communications campaigns.

Wuellner also led a special digital communications initiative at The Pew Charitable Trusts and prior to that, managed digital marketing at the Council on Foreign Relations. She started her communications career at a global public opinion organization called WorldPublicOpinion.org.

Wuellner holds a master’s degree in global politics from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also earned a certificate in digital marketing from NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.