Jessica Wolf is currently serving as the director of arts communications and marketing for UCLA Strategic Communications, working to support the academic and public entities that celebrate and perpetuate arts and culture throughout our campus community and beyond. A writer and practicing visual artist, she joined UCLA 13 years ago as communications manager for UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance. Most recently, she served as the primary writer and publicist for the social sciences at UCLA with an emphasis on the people and programs that animate UCLA’s unique Institute of American Cultures. By way of that expertise, she also serves as a member of StratComm’s equity, diversity and inclusion council. She began her career as an entertainment business reporter covering Hollywood’s transition to digital media. Her original shift into public relations and communications led her to work with such major brands as National Geographic, Cartoon Network and Sony Electronics as well as dozens of digital infrastructure companies, web startups and digital and entertainment content creators.