Ellen Mellody

Ellen M. Mellody, Executive Vice President at Powerplant Strategies, the world’s first global branding, marketing, government relations and communications firm exclusively concentrated on the responsible addition of legalized cannabis to the world’s social, medical, and commercial landscapes, through the power of people, storytelling, media and technology.

Mellody is also a founding partner at Collective Consulting (C2), a strategic communications, business intelligence and public affairs firm, and brings more than 20 years of entertainment, technology, political, corporate and strategic communications experience to clients.

Prior to joining Powerplant and founding C2, Ellen worked with two White House administrations, Comcast-NBC Universal, General Electric and The North Face. She also brought her expertise to three presidential campaigns and the Office of the New Jersey Governor, where she worked with top-tier elected officials, media, artists and talent from around the globe. Throughout her career she has served in various locations around the globe, including in Sydney, Baghdad, São Paulo and Sarajevo.

Ellen served as the Director of Corporate Communications at Comcast, a global media and technology company. There, Mellody developed and executed strategies to drive awareness of company-wide initiatives and efforts, strategic partnerships with technology providers, studios, artists and musicians, along with Xfinity technologies, products and services. Launching more than 100+ consumer apps, Ellen also worked to position Comcast as “the place” to experience entertainment across screens during a pivotal time in the entertainment, music and media industries.

In 2008, Ellen joined Obama for America campaign as a Press Secretary responsible for creating and executing strategic communications, media relations, digital and earned media strategies.

From 2005 to 2008, Ellen worked at GE Water as the Global Communication & Media Relations Manager, cultivating and implementing its global strategic, digital and crisis communications as well as its international media relations.

Ellen also served as a spokesperson to NJ Gov. McGreevey in a post 9-11 environment; Southern Communications Director for Gore 2000; Special Assistant to the Senior Advisor for Policy and Communications; as a communications specialist at The North Face.

Mellody holds certificates of achievement from DHS/FEMA in communications, issue management