Chief Advocate Officer, Meleca Creative Advisors
Angela P. Meleca is an award-winning strategic advisor for world-renowned arts institutions and an industry-leading author and speaker on new arts advocacy. She helps CEOs in the creative sector enhance their reputation and resources.
Featured on a globally top-ranked podcast on arts and entrepreneurship, Angela advocates for blending creativity and business to drive innovation and prosperity while revealing the problem-solving potential of the arts.
Angela has studied the creative community and arts sustainability for decades and discovered consistent strategies to exceed funding goals, accelerate growth, and attain influence.
Before her career in the arts, Meleca was a political journalist and press secretary for the Ohio Senate Majority Caucus. She has extensive experience in communications, media, and public relations.
The Columbus, Ohio native earned her B.A. from The Ohio State University with a concentration in Political Science and Journalism. Her professional affiliations include serving on the Wexner Center for the Arts Donor Circle Council, Columbus Museum of Development Committee, Columbus College of Art and Design Guest Lecturer and Student Mentor Program, and the Dublin Arts Council Board of Directors.