Meredy is the Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy for Save the Children’s US Programs, where she drives federal policy change on children’s issues domestically.
 
Prior to joining Save the Children, Meredy worked for Partners In Health, RESULTS/REF, and Global Justice to help plan and implement campaigns to combat diseases of poverty, expand access to basic education, and reform international trade policies. Meredy’s deep and abiding commitment to human rights and social justice is driven by work and study in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs and Global Public Health from George Washington University, and a Master of Science degree in Development Management from the London School of Economics. As a graduate student, Meredy consulted for Save the Children UK, and conducted thesis research on the political determinants of chronic child malnutrition in Guatemala.