Laura Melillo Barnum, Class of 1983
After graduating from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Laura moved to our nation’s capital working in The White House for two Presidents as a Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Press Secretary and Assistant Press Secretary. From D.C., Laura moved to New York, New York, where she worked as VP of Public Relations for R.H. Macy & Co. before returning to Louisville in 1995 when she began working for PepsiCo/KFC as VP of Public Relations.