Melinda Skea is the Network’s vice president of Public Affairs. She joined the Network in 2020 and currently leads communications and marketing. She also advances the Network’s international partnerships, including its flagship Global Gateway program, and spearheads stakeholder engagement such as the Network’s annual Ventus Awards and Rising Star Student Scholarship.
Melinda began her career in Washington, D.C. working for non-profit organizations. She regularly speaks on offshore wind and renewable energy at global conferences. Her work has been published in USA Today, Washington Post, NPR, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Politico, and the Atlantic.
Prior to joining the Network, she worked for a non-profit law firm focused on free speech and human rights, successfully advocating in the court of public opinion on hundreds of cases including high profile cases at the U.S. Supreme Court. While there she led a team that won multiple awards for graphic design, website redesign, social media campaigns, and short films, including best film at the 2018 Lights, Camera, Liberty film festival. Prior to that, Melinda worked for the American Composites Manufacturers Association, where she successfully launched new media platforms and as a writer covered the renewable energy, aerospace, and R&D sectors and represented industry interests on press tours across Asia and Europe. Later, Melinda worked for the American Society of Interior Designers where she rebranded the Association’s online, print, and event presence as well as its flagship magazine ICON, which was named Best Overall Magazine by the Association for Media & Publishing.
Melinda has an M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University, where she graduated cum laude, and earned her B.A. in International Relations from Brigham Young University with a minor in Spanish.
Melinda grew up in upstate New York and now lives in northern Virginia. She enjoys hiking, trying her hand at making macarons, and traveling – 40+ countries and counting.
