Meredith Klein is a Communications Officer in Public Affairs at the MacArthur Foundation.

Most recently, she served as Assistant Director of Communications for the University of Chicago Medical Center and Biological Sciences, where she developed and executed strategic communications plans to enhance the Center's reputation, oversaw internal communications, and supported communications for key executives. She previously spent 6.5 years at two large public relations firms, Edelman and Fleishman-Hillard, working for a range of healthcare and corporate clients on crisis communications, issues management, and day-to-day public relations. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.