Liza deVilla Ameen
Communications Officer
The Annenberg Foundation

Liza deVilla Ameen is the Communications Officer at the Annenberg Foundation.

Ms. Ameen brings to this role over 20 years of experience from a variety of industries.

Prior to the foundation, Ms. Ameen was the Vice President of Marketing at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.

She also served as Chief Communications Office at the American Film Institute.

Before making the leap to the nonprofit sector, Ms. Ameen was the Director of Corporate Communications at the Universal

Music Group where she helped the company’s response to then-emerging issues of online piracy, freedom of speech and a changing industry. There, she also formed and led the company’s social responsibility programs.

In earlier years, she was based in New York, where she managed the national marketing and corporate PR for Hard Rock International.

She began her career in Washington, D.C. at The Washington Post in public relations and advertising.

Ms. Ameen is a graduate of the University of Maryland.