Speaker

Meredith Singer is a Government and Regulatory Affairs Executive for IBM, where she serves as a Capitol Hill and federal agency lobbyist. She is responsible for advancing IBM's legislative and regulatory priorities in human resources policy, ie., immigration, diversity/LGBT+, paid leave, labor/employment, healthcare and retirement.

She regularly lobbies U.S. and foreign embassy officials; interfaces with senior company leadership; builds consensus, creates and executes strategies for all U.S. HR policy priorities in close coordination with IBM's myriad business units here and abroad; writes legislative language, Congressional testimony and regulatory comments; and actively creates and leads many coalitions and trade associations. She also manages both grassroots and grasstops policy campaigns and communications. In addition, Meredith has managed IBM's advocacy for nationwide intelligent transportation and automotive solutions, as well as appropriations for basic research at federal agencies, such as NIST, NSF and DoE.

She currently chairs the US Chamber of Commerce's Immigration Committee; is a board member of the Public Leadership Education Network; is an advisory board member of the Coalition for the American Dream; and is on the Executive Committee of Compete America, among other positions.

Meredith has a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in East Asian Studies from The George Washington University. She also is an internationally certified Les Mills™ BODYPUMP instructor.