Melinda Warren has directed the Weidenbaum Center Forum at Washington University in St. Louis since 2001. Previously, she was the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of American Business.

In addition to her work as director of the Center’s major forum programs, Ms. Warren manages the research programs of the Weidenbaum Center, writes and monitors the budgets of the Weidenbaum Center and the Center for New Institutional Social Sciences, and works with corporate sponsors. Since 1988, Ms. Warren has authored or coauthored an annual report on the costs and staffing of federal regulatory agencies. In addition to her work on regulation, she is the co-editor of two books: Environmental Protection: Regulating for Results (Westview Press, 1991) and American Manufacturing in a Global Economy (Kluwer Academic Press, 1990) and of other publications on public policy issues.