Meredith Burns is a fourth-generation Jersey City resident committed to building its future. Her family’s legacy of public service includes her mother, a nurse, her father, former Deputy Fire Chief and Director of Hudson County Emergency Management, and her brother, a Fire Department Captain.

Meredith began her career as an actor, performing Off-Broadway and regionally, and co-founded Brooklyn’s Glass Bandits Theater Company, serving as Managing Director from 2010–2014. She later led an arts- and literacy-based afterschool program at New Voices Middle School, serving over 200 children daily.

Since 2017, Meredith has served as Executive Director of Art House Productions, expanding Jersey City’s arts scene. She helped establish the Jersey City Arts Fund in 2020, New Jersey’s first municipal arts trust, and has been recognized with the NJCU Leadership Award (2019) and the Women of Action Award from the City Council (2022). She also serves on the board of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.

Meredith is running for Jersey City Council At-Large to improve quality of life, address the rising cost of living, create sustainable artist housing, and support small businesses.

She lives in Jersey City with her husband, Mike, their son, Conrad, and their Yorkshire Terrier, Maddie. She holds a BFA in Acting from SUNY Purchase and is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.