Meredith is an Apprenticeship & Training Representative with the USDOL and in her second Apprentice. She has been through a pre-apprenticeship program and afterward successfully entered into and completed Pipefitters Local 597 Apprenticeship. Prior to employment with the Department of Labor, Meredith was the lead instructor for Chicago Women in Trades Illinois Works Grant funded program Women Build Illinois and also worked in the manufacturing sector in workforce development.