Meredith Weisel

As the Vice President, State and Local Advocacy, Meredith R. Weisel leads the development and execution of state and local policy campaigns with a focus primarily on state and municipal legislative, executive and administrative actions.

Meredith joined ADL in 2019 in the D.C. Regional office serving most recently as the Regional Director there before joining the National Affairs team in 2025. She is an experienced attorney and government relations professional with an extensive career engaged in public policy and community affairs work. Meredith’s previous experience includes serving as the Director of Maryland Government and Community Relations for the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Washington, the principal owner of Weisel Government Relations, LLC, one of partners at Government Affairs Strategies, LLC, and the Vice President of Public Policy for Maryland and Legal Counsel for the Greater Capital Area Association of REALTORS^® (GCAAR).

She holds a B.A. from American University in an interdisciplinary study of Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics and Government and a J.D. from the Widener University School of Law.