chief Communications officer
Mariette Hummel joined Meals on Wheels Central Texas in December of 2020. After starting her career as a journalist in the Netherlands, she worked for KXAN in Austin and later did PR and communications for The University of Texas and the Consulate of the Netherlands. Most recently, she was responsible for the media relations program at Capital Metro.
Mariette grew up in the Netherlands and moved to Austin in 2012, where she lives with her Texan husband and young son. Besides her family in the Netherlands, she misses Dutch licorice and cheese the most.