Juan Melli

A first-generation immigrant from Argentina, Juan Melli is passionate about the outdoors and giving back to his community. An active hiker, backpacker, and nature photographer, he also volunteers as a trail maintainer of the Appalachian Trail and serves on the boards of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference and the Hoboken Community Center.

Juan is a communications and political strategist who is currently Managing Director at Mercury Public Affairs. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University.

Juan resides in Hoboken with his wife and two boys.