Position: Senior Director, Strategic Engagement
Location: California
Organization: US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Hiring Our Heroes
Meredith leads the engagement strategy and vision for the United States Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes initiative. Working across the public and private sectors, her team helps solve some of our country’s biggest employment challenges, creating economic opportunity for transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses through coalition leadership, advocacy, and strategic partnerships.
An active duty Marine Corps spouse, military child, and leader in the military affairs field, Meredith uses her experience to promote various military spouse and veteran initiatives and serves as a subject matter expert on issues impacting the military community.
Meredith also serves as the Past-President of the Board of Directors for the Association for Financial Counseling, Planning and Education (AFCPE) and is a member of the Board of Directors for Child Care Aware of America.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Purdue University and the University of Oklahoma from which she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Human Relations, respectively.
An active volunteer for both the USMC and Daughters of the American Revolution, Meredith currently resides in Northern Virginia with her husband Nick and their daughter Clara.