Megan Beyer

Megan Beyer
Beyer speaking at a public conference in Switzerland on Women's Issues
Born	Megan Carroll (1957-06-05) June 5, 1957 (age 59) Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Education	University of Richmond
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Don Beyer

Megan Carroll Beyer (born June 5, 1957) is the Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, appointed by President Obama. She is an American journalist, commentator and civic leader, and an outspoken advocate for gender equality issues. In 2010 she founded and chaired the Swiss-American bilateral Women Leaders Project, Sister Republics. She has served on various public policy and other boards, and is active in charitable arts and humanities causes. She was a regular panelist on To the Contrary, a weekly news-analysis program airing on more than 251 public television stations in the United States, in Canada, and internationally on Worldnet Television.

Born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, Beyer graduated magna cum laude in 1979 from the University of Richmond, majoring in journalism. Since 1984, she had worked as a reporter and anchor for various local and national television news programs. She began her career as a local reporter for News Channel 8, covering education and politics. She later worked as reporter and anchor for Nation's Business Today on ESPN; for WTVR-TV news, the CBS affiliate in Richmond; and for HealthWeek on PBS. She went on to anchor The Business Channel, a PBS satellite news service.

Beyer serves on a number of boards and engages in various public policy initiatives. In 2010, she founded and chairs the Sisters Republics, a bilateral women's leadership conference involving the United States and Switzerland.

In 2012, she led a study on behalf of the George Washington University Global Women's Initiative titled "Gender Equality in Employment: Policies and Practices in Switzerland and the U.S." The study offered a comparative analysis of gender workplace issues affecting women in Switzerland and the United States, and included original research based on a poll of more than 1,000 Swiss workers. She also serves as a member of the advisory council of the Swiss-based Gender Equality Project, a non-profit working with other organizations around the world to close the gap in opportunities between men and women in the workplace.