Jessica Melugin is associate director of the Center for Technology & Innovation at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Her research focuses on technology issues including electronic commerce, Internet taxation, net neutrality regulation, and antitrust. Her writings have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, Fortune, The Hill, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Sacramento Bee, The Washington Times, The San Jose Mercury News, and various regional papers.

Ms. Melugin graduated magna cum laude from Claremont McKenna College, with a degree in government and art history. Her honors thesis explored the development of American antitrust law as it pertains to the Microsoft trial. She lives in Virginia's horse country with her family.