Meredith Scialabba

Meredith Scialabba is a Managing Director in the Strategic Communications segment of FTI Consulting, based in Washington, D.C. Ms. Scialabba brings nearly two decades of legislative, regulatory and communications experience to FTI Consulting, where she specializes in crafting public affairs solutions for financial services clients to achieve policy and political goals in Washington. 

Ms. Scialabba also leads the Strategic Communications segment’s financial services campaign and coalition offering, where she brings to life comprehensive public affairs strategies to address high stakes Beltway policy challenges.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Scialabba led stakeholder engagement programs at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), where she managed digital assets customer education programming.

As a political appointee in the Obama administration, Ms. Scialabba served in the Employee Benefits Security Administration within the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”), where she counseled on matters pertaining to pensions, financial literacy initiatives and regulatory priorities, including the DOL’s fiduciary rule and the inclusion of ESG investments in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) plans. On Capitol Hill, Ms. Scialabba managed a legislative portfolio for the House Education and Labor Committee supporting Democratic policy work on retirement security and health care reform.

Ms. Scialabba started her career in state and federal government affairs and ran Democratic Senate campaign field operations. She holds a B.A. with honors in Political Science from Florida State University and earned an M.P.S. in Political Management from George Washington University.