Melanie Sampson

Melanie Sampson is the Clear Language Lab Program Director at Literacy Works, a Chicago-based nonprofit. She has 25+ years of nonprofit experience that includes program administration, adult education instruction, and grants management. She has an MA in linguistics and, in her current role, advocates for and shares expertise around plain language and information design to support nonprofits, government agencies, and others in effectively serving communities and creating more equitable systems. She works to make clear, accessible, human-centered communication the norm by prioritizing community voices in content creation. She is also a long-time volunteer with Chicago Books to Women in Prison.