Zach Montellaro is a web producer for POLITICO. He is a contributor to Playbook Power Lunch and the editor of the Playbook in 90 Seconds podcast. He also contributes to the daily POLITICO Morning Defense newsletter and occasionally covers breaking news. Before coming to POLITICO, he was an associate web producer on National Journal's Hotline team.

Zach is an alumnus of The George Washington University. He was the managing editor of the independent student newspaper, The GW Hatchet,

Zach is a native New Yorker and perpetually disappointed by the New York Mets.